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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED tN TUB Aim ~ DAILY '.139 S.L. Board Rejects Police Fay ::....... • ':....<i.^^^L^u^^^t^^^^.'^ Tuesday, July 18,1967 Hodson to Head New College State University Approves Recommendation of NCCC Trustees (See Today. Editorial) The State University of New York (SUNY) has announced it s approval of the recommen- dation made by the Board of Trustees of the North Country Community College 40 appoint Dr. George A. Hodson, Jr. of Denver, Colorado as president of the college which is expect- ed to open its doors to the first c^ass in September 1968. The trustees of the college made its recommendation fol- lowing a two-day board meet- ing on June 9 and 10 at the Hotel Saranac in Saranac Lake but the approval of the State University had to be obtained before the appointment wa B fi- nal. Dr. Hodson *aid over the tele- phone, from Denver this morn- ing * \ w e are going to work to- gether to develop one of the finest community colleges in the country in Saranac Lake.\ He added that it would require the assistance of a great many people in the area and that •Mrs. Hodson, and I are look- ing forward to be involved in this creative effort.\ Following Dr. Hod son's 'nter- view with SUNY Chancellor Samuel Gould on July 5, the ex c c u tive committee of t h e SUNY Board of Trustees ap- proved the appointment last last week and the full board will formally approve at its September meeting. This proce- dure was followed since the full board does not meet in July or Aueust. A public announcement was made by the office of SUNY f this morning following receipt „ yesterday by James I Loeb, chairman of the college's board * of truestees, ^of a letter from Dr. S. V. Martorana, executive \ dean for two-year colleges, of- * flciall* informing the college / trustees of the actiontaken. Dr. and Mrs. Hodson wil move'to Saranac Lake during the first days of September and the president-designate will as- sume his duties immediately. They have rented a home at 47 Forest Hill Ave. on Moody Pond. The louse belonging to Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Lang now living in England has been oc- cupied by Mrs. Jack Duncan and hei- family while Col. Dun- can ha s been en duty fa Korea. PRESlDEKT-INCflMNATE Dr. Hodson has been director of the Division of Education Beyond High School of the Colo- rado Department of Education, in effect head of the state's community college system. Born in Mankato, Minnesota, in 1915, Dr. Hodson received his B. S. degree from Mankato Sta- te College in 1938. Two years later he received a B. A, de- gree from the University Washington and in 1948 of an M.A. from Columbia Universi- ty in the field of speech arts. (Continued «P. ft, OoL S) L.P. Board Again Postpones Issue of Chalet Expansion Unanimous action by the ers on the west, n the east it Lake Placid Village Board put off, for the second time, a de- cision on whether or not Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Posillico of the Chalet will be granted per- mission to build a two-story, 20-unit motel complex on the north shore of Mirror Lake. Meeting in regular session Monday night, the Board heard Clifford McCormick, attorney for the Posillicos, say \You have no right to refuse this building permit. My clients have complied-with aH fiie^4?e- fulations and there simply are no grounds for refusal.\ The site in question is across from their main building, The 'Chalet, on Mirror Lake Dr. It Is bordered by Supreme Court [Justice Harold Soden's chamb- HABOLD KBY DIES Harold M. Eby, who had a tphy studio in Saranac since 1923, died suddenly at about 10 o'clock this morn- at his home, 104 Main St. arrangements are in- is bordered by the property of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wilson. Part of the property is within the Village limits and a size- able portion if in the Town of North Elba. The decision to table the ap- plication for a second time came after discussion on the property line, Village versus Town. The action is pending the completion of a survey to determine just where the cor- porate lines are in that area. Ives Turner is to1>e retained, \as soon as possible,\ to do the^ work. The Board acted favorably on an application by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nugent to erect a 70 x 30 shop end storage building behind their residence on Sen- tineLRd. Mr. Nugent will use the building in his plumbing business. Trustee Araxie Dunn and Peter Darlington voted a- gainst it, with Mayor Robert Peacock casting the deciding vote. (Continued on P. t, CoL 7) that's Doing In The Area? _ To The Tri-Village Ares Welcome At All Events For special events, dining, dan- boattng, horseback rtdiag swimming, goifiog. Page 2. Movies tod oBJiune? , flee Page ft. 0 — at clubhouse sad on Kiwasts Road, Fri- st ff ©.as. GMldraa srast i open any time. Playgrounds: WOBam Morris rk, Baldwin Park, Saranac Municipal Park, Topper Adtdt supervision, wimming: Municipal Beach, •aaae Lake; Village Beach, Placid; Uttie Wolf Beaefa, Ac area, trailer pafk acri yground, Tapper Law. Life* rd, present a* all jidge: Mondays and Frl- *. Hotel Saranac, V.« p.m. --ana* Lake Free library, ' **ala Street. Open Monday n f> Satarady, 1* aaau-5:3t * end 9 to r t* and 1 GraYe, Lake 5 daily. Stevenson Lane. Prop. Thomas QuesneU. Sterling Alaska Fur »nd Game Famt, Rout* M, Lake Placid. Opes 0 ajn. to 7:80 pan. Tennis: 8. L. ffigb School Courts, P«trova Ave.; L. P. at aontfaera end of Miner Lake; Topper Lake at Municipal Park Flab Hatchery, exhibit, af Brown, Brook and lake TrtmL N. T. State OofMerattoo De- r miles oast of Lake Placid on Bt 75. (Only bobsled ran te Western Hemisphere.) Olympic Ski Jump, just east of Lake Placid oa Rt 73. Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway, summit open t ».m. to 6 p.m. Aerial chairlift 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Six Nations* Indian Museum —Onchiota, turn oft Rt. 1*2 at Gabriels off Hi. s at Vermoat- ville or Loos Lake, Cornell Maple Sugar House: Bear Cab Road, in Laft* Maeld, open to Public Tuesday thronffh Railroads Ready to Move WASHINGTON UtP) — The sou said. the Burlington Railroad. WASHINGTON (KP ) The nation's strike-snarled railroads prepared to speed vital cargoes for war add peace on their way again today after picket lines started crumbling under a fed- eral back-to-work law. \Thi« will enable the products of our farms and factories to move freely once more,\ said President Johnson in signing the taw Oongresg hastily passed Monday to end the first nation- wide rail walkout in 20 years. \It will permit vitally needed arms and supplies to be sent to our fighting forces in Vietnam — without interruption,\ John- son said. It also requires a government, imposed settlement of the wage dispute if unk>n s and manage- ment don't reach their own agreement within 90 days. A union leader angrily called. the law \the strike-breaking act of 1997\ but members of six shopcraft unions began obeying it by returning to work a lit&* more than 48 hours after the strike began. Union Pacific a nd Great Northern railroad officials said pickets were withdrawn, and a union official said strikers were ready to return to their jobg on Newark Looter Killed; Racial Calm Broken By ARTHUR EVERETT NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Ra- cial calm in riot-plagued New- ark was broken early today when a Negro looter was shot to death in a gun duel with police and a patrolman was wounded in another nearby incident. Earlier a taxicab rider died of injuries suffered in a Jersey Cty fire bombing. The latalites stemming from Negro rioting in New Jersey now stands at 27. As Newark was tryng to re- cover from five days and nights of wild tumult that accounted for 25 of the dead, a racial ar- mistice was being tested in nearby Plainfield where 12 Ne- gro prsoners were released to- day in their own recognizance. Elsewhere in northern New Jersey,, restless troublemaker* provided an uneasy Monday night for tint communities of Elizabeth, Paterson, New Brun- swick and Jersey City. The alleged looter was identi- fied as Raymond Gilmer, 20, of Newark, who fled in a car after being spotted standing in front of a wrecked store in the Negro area. Alter a high-speed chase dur- ing which shots were ex- changed, Giimer leaped from his car and ran down an alley and fired at four pursuing WEATHER Mostly cloudy with showers or periods of rain developing this afternoon or evening and ending generally early Wednesday. Partial clearing late Wednes- day. High temperatures today in the 70s and lower 80s. Low- est tonight in the 60s. Highest Wednesday 75 to 85. Winds light and variable, mainly southerly under 15 today and tonight, be- coming gradually east to north- east, 5 to 15, Wednesday. policemen. They returned the fire and Gilmer was shot in the head. Police said they found a pistol, knife and a pair of binoi- ulars on his body. A short time later, patrolman John Romano was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with several Negro occupants of a car which tried to run him down. The Jersey City victim was Freddie Lee Jones, 24, a Negro. Police said he was riding in a cab last Saturday night when a fire bomb was thrown against the vehicle. He died Monday night of burns. A woman pas- senger and the driver were In- jured. The bomber escaped, his race and identity unknown. Looting and window smashing in Jersey City l«fd to the a1p«t of 34 Negro youths during the night. Jersey City, Eflzafcefii and Paterson were the sense of rioting in 1964. Newark's business life was on its way back to normal. Some 5,- 000 New Jersey National Guardsmen were withdrawn Monday, and control of the city restored to the 1,400-man police force. \ Plainfield, a city of 50,000 about 18 miles southwest of Newark, underwent a fourth night of disorder Monday, but milder than earlier outbreaks which had claimed the life of a white policeman. State Atty. Gen. Sills said a truce Arthur J. plan was worked out during a three-hour night meeting with militant youne Negroes', including one described as a \Black Muslim emissary.\ One complaint of West End negotiators was that whites were riding through th*» neigh- borhood taunting Negroes. About 36 per cent of Plainfield's residents are Negro. News in Brief Lottery Sales Below Goal ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State Tax Commissioner Joseph H. Murphy reported today that sales of New York State tottery tickets for June—the first month of the lottery's operation—total- ed $6,447,605, far below the monthly goal set by the Tax De- partment The sales for June were $23.5 million less than the $30 million goal set by the state in launch- ing the so-called horsebowl lot- tery. The drawings for the winner s of the June lottery begin in Al- any Thursday, with prizes ran- ging from 1150 to $100,000. The Murphy report today rais- ed questions as to the effect of lottery sales on the state bud- get. Gov. Rockefeller original- ly budgeted net proceeds of $45 million from the lottery to help finance educational plans for the current fiscal year. If the lottery sales continue at the rate announced today, the state would realize only about $42.9 million in net proceeds based on the formula establish- ed when the lottery was adopt- ed by the Legislature earlier this year. Saigon Crisis Averted SAIGON (AP) - Ttie military presidential ticket headed by Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu was approved by South Viet- ' iil bl gy by al a Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Golf Comes open to pubDc: Saraoac Lake Golf Com* (Lake Pladd Rd.); Oral* Woof Championship «otf Course, (Rt 78, t miles S.E. of Lake Pla- eld); Tapper Late Champioa- shlp Golf Court (Bt. SB); «* taaae la« Q*t Omrm 0* M§. pp y nam's provisional assembly ear- ly Wednesday, heading oti. a political crisis of major propor- tions. ^ Fifty-six of the 74 assembly- men present voted to approve the ticket, on which Premier Nguyen Cao Ky is the vice pres- idential candidate In the election set for Sept 3. The move came after 2 hours, of debate at the end of a marathon assembly session in which seven other presidential tickets were eliminated. Tensions had been mounting in Saigon since earhr in the day when the assembly^ eiection committee announced (hit it had hot approved the Thfieti-Ky slate. Hie committee frote against that? tick* was The move was completely un- expected and was followed quickly by an order from the rU- ing generals putting the police and armed forces in the 3rd Mil- itary Region, which surrounds Saigon s, o n alert. The junta called an urgent meeting of the Armed Forces Council, made up of about 50 of the country's leading military men. By late' in the day, the as- sembly had accepted 10 tickets and rejected six. the Burlington Railroad But pickets remained in many cities where strikers said they were awaiting official word from their union chiefs before going back to their jobs. Machinists' official J.A. Nes- bett of Pine Bluff, Ark,, said it would take a federal eourt order to get his men back to work. Even where a quick return to work was expected, railroad officials weren't sure they could get commuter trains running in time for the morning rush of passengers. The law forbids resumption of any strike for the 90 days in which a White House board will seek a voluntary settlement, and the board could extend mis as late as Jan. 1,1909, by invok- ing the compulsory settlement provision. The board could also impose a mandatory settlement for a shorter period. Some 137,000 machinists, elec- tricians, bollermakeiw, carmen and firemen and oilers seek wage hikes of 6.5 per cent this year and 5 per cent next year, plus 12.5 cents per hour each year for higher skilled men. They now average $2.94 per hour, with skilled men getting an average $3.05. The railroads' last reported offer wag a 6 per cent wage hike over 18 months plus one 5-cent hike for skilled workers. Johnson ha s not yet appointed the five-man board, but said 1t will be a blue-ribbon panel sub- servient to neither labor nor management. Nine members of the Saran- ac Lake Police Department signed a statement to resign from the force if new pay scales were not accepted. The state- mem was! handed to the Village Board along with the proposed new pay scale at last night's Board meeting. Shortly after midnight the Trustees' Decision Unanimous; Moody, Gay Resign; Others Threaten Board unanimously rejected , the requests of the Police De- partment and Chief William Wallace was called into be notified. Prior to this develop- ment, the Board ha d gone into executive session with the Har- rietstown Town Board to dis- cuss rates in the Lake Colby Water District. THE LONGEST WALK — Gay, Wallace, Moody Statements by Policemen ASK T.L VOTE ON VACANCY A motion by Charles Bosnian to allow voters of tbe school district a two-week period to secure a petition with the nee* essary 851 signatures asking lor an election ^to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Gregory Rowley, was passed unanimously by the board, after considerable discussion. Last night's school board meeting was the first meeting of the board attended by the press and the public. There were 15 residents of the district at the meeting. If the petition is not submit- ted by Mfonday, July 31, tie board will meet in special ses- sion and appoint a man to fill the vacancy. Mr. Rowley had one more year to serve of a five-year term. His term of office expires in July 1968. Superintendent Fred Baker told the board that the two most common ways of filling a vacancy were to appoint a per- son, which has been the pro- cedure of past boards, or to hold a special election if the board is petitioned. Mr. Bosnian felt that, as this j eration is not given we will be will be a very important year, j forced to accept more remun- (Editor's Note: Following is the statement given to the Viil* age Board last night by the nine officers undersigned accompan- ied by a proposed salary sche- dule which had been adopted by tfie Village of Lake Placid.) Gentlemen: We , the undersigned bers of the Saranac Lake Pol- ice Department, feel that a s in- dividuals we can no longer ex- ist on the present salary that we are receiving and we re- spectfully request that you give immediate consideration to the salary schedule that we are pro- posing at this time and we re- igret to say that if this consid- the decision of who is to serve on the board should be made by the voters of the district.\These erative employment elsewhere at once. Sincerely yours, Wallace people are now interested in Gay, Neil Rogers, John Moody, our schools and they would like Garold Gilpin, Edwards Betters a voice in its operation,\ he j Oliver vueior Jr., Norris Au- said. ; bin, Bernard Kentile, Lee Haig. Board President Robert Ken- j niston said that this method of | (Editor's Note: The following filling a vacancy on the board 'statement signed by six mem- has never been done before, j ber s of the Police Department that the board has always ap- pointed a person who has indi- cated he would like to serve. (Continued on Page 9, CoL 1) was given to Th* Enterprise tiiis morning.) To the Citizens and Taxpay- ers of the Village of Saranac Meanwhile, Placid's Police Are BULLETIN RK) DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Former president Hum- berto Castello Branco was killed today in the collision of a Bra- zilian air force jet and a small private plane in which he was a passenger, the National Secu- rity Ooutis On Friday, July 14, at 11:15 p. m. Patrolman Vas&ar sight- ed' a parked car on West Valjey Rd., Lake Placid. He checked the vehicle and after investi- gating found stolen property. Jane Bitfoons, 17, and Zina Giazebrook, 17, both from Camp Black Hawk in Lake Pla- cid, and Jay Rand and Mark Amos, both 17, from Lake Pla- cid , were picked up and charg- ed with petty larceny. The four youths appeared before Judge Sh>ne on July 17. The petty larceny charge was dropped to disorderly conduct. All were given a 3&«iay sus- pended sentence with the un- derstanding that the merchand- ise was to be returned to the rightful owner from whom a re- ceipt & to be brought back to tbt Poke* Station by Friday, Very tnxsy July 21. On Monday,July 17, Miss Nancy Wright complained at the station that a man had ap- proached her on Main St. and used insulting language. Patrol- man Germain picked up Wayne McKee, Palmer s Rd., AuSable Forks et 11:30 a. m. McKee, 26, was arraigned before Judge Sbene and charged with using abusive language and fined $20. Also on July 17, Glenn Mar- ui 22 of River Street, Lake Placid* was picked up by village police. Patrolmen Lawrence and Foster apprehended Martin at 2 a. m. He was issued a speed- ing ticket and fined ten dollars. After tearing up the ticket, Martin was fined ten additional dollars and charged with dis- orderly conduct, ' Lake, Inc. In en effort to straighten tfae record in the aftermath_o! last regarding the Police Depart- ment it is with sincere regret that we found it necessary ta tender our resignation due to the fact that we could no longer exist on the inadequate salary that we are receiving. We have attempted to work out some * feasible plan that would enable us to work out the unfavorable condition now existing. We were given the lame excuse that dut to the fact that we were already into the budget year and that no funds had been set aside for a raise that it was impossible to grant one at this time. We feel that for a situation of this na- ture monies could be made &- vailable. W e do realize mat this is the middle of tihe budget year, but, in all fairness to everyone con- cerned, that our negotians be- gan in* January of 1967, . An of- ficer of our Association worked for eight weeks on a new sal- ary schedule and did present it to the Board along with the necessary graphs.to show the board just what would be en- tailed over a fifteen year per- iod. This plan, which did not en- tail nearly as much money as the plan presented at last night's meeting, was presented to the Village Manager before last year's proposal budget was seen and before a proposed bud- get was presented to the public. After all this work by the men, even given A s of this morning, only twu of the nine men who signed the statement had officially tender- ed their resignations. Tt&y were Deputy Chief John Moody, and . Patrolman Wallace Gay. The proposed new salaries, would oall for an overall to* crease in jfce village budget ot H7,99».12 lor the year 196647 and a. further increase of $UM&- r for the year 1967-68. Among the graduated increases are a raise of $37.93 per week for the Deputy police Chief and a raise of $32.9? per week for Sergeants. Other positions on the force would receive raises according- ly. A special meeting of. the Vill- age Board will convene at 5:00 today, to review the situa- tion with the Police Department. Chief Wallace first placed the issue before the Board and ar- gued for a new higher wage scale. He said that good men were now being lost on the force because of what he termed the inadequate salaries now being paid. He reiterated the inher- ent danger and difficult work- ing conditions of a policeman's life. He also said, that, if wag- es were not raked immediately, the Village would soon find it- self begging fer policemen and that those whom they were abk to obtain under me current pay scale would hardly be suitable. Trustee Charles Keough stat- ed that the economic status of the community did not permit more money for police salaries at this time. He reminded Chief Wallace of the Village budget and of the existing bene- fits for it's police. Chief Wallace passed around eopies of the new pay scale that his department was requesting. The proposed salaries included a starting rate of $100 per week lor untrained patrolmen, which is a raise of $30. The new scale also included graduated inore*- ses lor all men for me year 1967-1966. Deputy Chief John Moody followed Chief Wallace and re* stated the case for the police, saying it was absolutely nec- essary to have a pay raise or there would be immediate and effective resignations. He was Joined by Patrolman W a 11 ace Gay who presented the Board with a' statement of resignation signed by nine members of the Police Department. Gey said that, if immediate considerat- ion were not given to the state- night's Village Board meeting mem and if the raises were not granted, these men would be forced to look elsewhere for work. Speaking for the Board, Trus- tee Keough introduced the ques- tion of the complaints concern- ing the police that were period- ically handed to board mem- bers. He said the police should ako seriously consider the bo- ard's side of the issue, which included not only the compla- ints but a stiict budget that must be met He said that pre- sently tfiere were no more funds available for a police pay raise. Deputy Chief Moody asked for a definite answer to the pay requests and Mayor Riley re- plied that the answer would be forthcoming as soon as pos- sible. Then the Board went into executive session to meet with the Harrietstown Town Board on the Lake CtOby Water Dis- trict. (Continued oa P. e, Cd. f) Toil of Tolling Takes Its Toll OnOlde Clock No, good friends, time has not tll d sOJLP a y> Just the big clock atop the Har- rietstown Town Hall in .Sara- nac Lake. this plan was not any consideration. ni T h^ ^^ m ^ at teS l! tak ^ it s tou: Anility, nights Board meeting wa s \Hdeath entica] to the plan in an ad- - ' - — 1 As it must in the We of all I clock*, senility seems to ' have then population of Saranac Lake. We fee] it is indeed unfortu- nate that the residents of the Village of Saranac Lake are forced to lose over one hundred year s of experience in the pol- ice field at a time when a good efficient police force is a nec- cessity in any commu n i t y. perience once it & lost. One man resigned last week, six men resigned after the Bo- I meeting last night and three er men are contemplating resignation in the near future. (Ooattnued on P. ft, CoL ft) Supervisor Bill Mansion told The Enterprise this morning that \its innards are pretty old.\ It seems that it ha s been repaired many times but that the parts are now so worn out that it is beyond QJjick repair. Apparently there are few companies capable of doing the renovation job. Mr. Mansion has been In touch with one of shortly what must be done and when it can be done. Meanwhile, the seconds, min- utes and hours will pass accord- ing to their jcustomary sched- ule, despite what you se« en tht Towa UaU. »
