Biddeford-Saco Journal from Biddeford, Maine • 1

If tyj I Weather Our Numbers News Dept 2821535 Business Depts 283-3825 SNOW (Complete Report on Pifi rww) Lists formal Present To et 2 Theodore Dyer Biddeford's chief tax assessor and building inspector today released the full text of the formal reply he plans to make at this 'evening's mpet- ing of the city council in response action On this basis' the Judi- rial hearing this evening will certainly be unusual I believe the most interested parties in this matter-are the taxpayers of Biddeford and since Mayor to Mayor Edward at-1 and Attorney Gaulin has attempt to suspend and removeL ready put in his case or some him from office part of it with the men who will effect the jury I feel Dyer will have charges prasea-jpe i par in tod to the council against him in getting my defense which came to me as an enclosure to a letter of suspension over signature of Mayor Gaulin January 29 1965 will be difficult due to improper form of the specification accepted standards for such document charges are listed so as to be individually numbered or lettered for efficient reference The specification places two three or more charges or items under a single numeric or alphabetic designator I trust 'gentlemen you will bear with me in my print by point reply rendered more time-consuming by this non-standard form used by Mayor Gaulim 1 la a double-headed listing Firstly that I or not as' yet reviewed 1964 assessments as these number approximately 5000 as you ipay count in the small blue R4al -Estate Valuation- booklets with which you are familiar a minimum average time required for each -review would be 10 minutes this job would at that rate take 833 man hours or one hour more than 104 full days of work Knee I took office Jin 1 and received his notice Jan' 29 iLs eemiunreason-able for Mayor Gaulin to expect my performance of this 104 days of work in 29 days even if he had- assumed I worked seven- jlflV iiinnlrc No 2 claims misrepresentation of facts "and his beneath that in-cludec-three- -separate --accusation "all are falsE privacyOf down--the threer Ha-sayaMruDyer approached the Mayor suggesting Mrs Con- had noticed uation in urings of that should be And I of valuation if the its effort to tax rate 'And Gaulin letter morale office help First office signed part as sation of 1 between fccould not mayor much loss of vat Mrs Connolly's fig property splits and compensatory valuation gained somewhere remarked that the losing could not be worse someone-were trying to em--barrass administration in maintain the same continuing under the of this-type-lead-to-a decrease-in-the and efficiency of the in the of off the only regular -help there is Mrs-Connolly and sporadically as time Inasmuch the-alleged conver Dyer and Gaulin wss justthe -JwQin the the have affected Mrsr' Connolly'-moralen unless- tha himself told her of if in ohe of their many private Mayor Gaulin under' letter repeats the charge in the main heading alleging misrepresentation of facts re 5 anting of authority Mrs Connolly and he cites a-Biddeford-Saco Journal report (Continuedon-Page-Two) I i 1 SEMI-PUBLIC Installation ceremonies werexon- clnde left to right Roth Randan charity Susan dncUi by Oid Orchard Reich AsaemblrOrder l5a? HoHy DouaM worthy ndrisorr Mr Marjorie Dougins gRninbow Saturday evMtng Terilvlllen Carleie -Maksut Masonic Hall Old Orchard BcnchTop officers in---hopc Story on page lO nidd by Mayor Gaulin Mayor Gaulin said will recommend to the council that Dyi have a reasonable amount of I time to prepare his defense andevennS follows: Gentlemen of will ask the council to recess the the council: I have previously meetingjor that purpose contacted none of you in regard Dyer chief tax assessor Mayor attempt to building inspector was suspend-: remove mel I have insisted by Mayor Gaulin Thursday as the-accused I should be handed -thadiarees- and written1 confronted by my accuser and suspension Friday-" I- -fhear-from him exactljrofTWhat Sriinatotodi5odDTthaW)yerI should betrealeElfairiynitheIi(ettl tfifsnenous matter by hearmg-and -wllfhe allowed- 11 -Individuals to prepare Ms case before- the and mjinvate-beymid thepub-ncil if necessary one lic ear nd eye- Furthermore I should be presented with chargeshave enjoyed Wtth and be expected to answer to many ef you for many yesrs them on the same 1 want that influence to mayor stated have no part in your judgment Dyer said that from the start me nd on Mayor -Gaulin had demanded formal and Immediate hearing that the "Pi? to the might as soon as possible somewhat prematurely in evidence text of the defense I sent to the make-assessments of 1964 -supplemental- property: Section-Ill of Chapter-91-A of the Revised Statutes of 'Maine-titled Supplemental Assessments does not make such action mandatory Secondly within the No lheaccusit -that I nave not reviewed 1964 assessments of the City in defiance of his direct order I certainly -have Officials Welcome Soviets Parley Response In Legislature: Sessions Washington (ap) uj Officials today welcomed the Soviet Union's favorable response to President call for top-le vel visits and contacts between the-two countries They were less certain however about what to make of the Soviet Union's unexpected diplomatic intervention in war-torn Southeast-Asia except that it will probably raise new problems for both the United-States ml Red China The two apparently unrelated developments announced in Moscow Sunday led Washington authorities to conclude that the new regime in Moscow has now made some basic foreign policy decisions and is ready to initiate action The response to initiative which the President made in his State of the-Union message month ago took the format of a commentary in the Communist party paper Prav-da which US leaders were sure wis officially-inspired-The comment declared that proposal for visits and- for increased contacts between US and Soviet officials nolly was property va: embarass and with the mayor in his office I had suggested to him an upward valuation of coastal property as justifiable in the present-market-I-said-that-1 reducing in 'order to undermine the ing The majority routine but there are some which will attract -throngs- of listeners and probably acorea-of witnesses The -Agriculture Committee will meet at 1:30 pm Tuesday to hear iwo bills on pesticide control Titter would set up a control board comprising heads of several conservation departments or their delegates The board would have power tirmake and enforce regulations onuse of chemical commercial poisons statewide or by areas Presumibly one af the bills will be withdrawn since they cover roughly the sairfe subject-matter and Sen Margaret Sproul R-Bristol sponsored both She of biUr-re had with a positive response in the Soviet Informants here said there had been some advance word to the United States that a favorable informal reply would be forthcoming They called the Pravda commentary encouraging and (peculated that dTiplo-mats of the two countrieswould soon begin exploratory talks about top-level visits Johnson had said he would like the new Kremlin leaden-to come to this country and speak to the American people on television He made-dear that he would welcome a reciprocal invitation to visit the Soviet Union and appear on Soviet television A before the Pravda article was published the Tass news agency disclosed that Soviet Premier -Alexei Kosy-in would head a high-powered elegation of Soviet military aviation and economic experts on a visit to North Viet Nam was joined -by Sen Sidney Maxwell DJayiflL sponsoring one Wednesday at the JTaxa tion Committee will hear testL mony on a Mil to-substitute a uniform excise tax on boats for the present personal property -tax which some communities levyand some do not The Appropriations Commit tee scheduled no hearing-jor Thuraday and will reach the end of its budget hearings this week This year for the first time- the -commit tee has separated departmental -'ret requests in segments and held hearings first on the amounts requested to continue services now being performed Rightists Oiganize Registration Drive VIENTIANE Laos An attempted coup Sunday night by a group of young army officers appeared to have failed -today The officers headed by CdL Boulert Sycossier-met for two hours -with-army -generals-and Premier Prince Souvanna Phou- ma Souvanna issued a statement afterwards calling the incident a misunderstanding The rebels peized the- Vden-r tiane radio station and issued a communique jvhich said the wanted to reform the army hig commandr-take control of the -iaftny out of the hands of cliques and insure justice Three com panies of troops supported them Souvanna said today the gov (AP) groups Sycossie lived Hr the United States The pro-Communist Pathet Lao controls two-thirds of the country's 91000 square miles but only one4hird of its 18 million people Government troops under rightist Gen Kouprasith Abhay marched into Vientiane early this morning No fighting was reported The-rebels in a broadcast Sunday night appealed to the population to remain calm A second broadcast said the coup was led by young officers who wanted to avoid bloodshed In a third broadcast they urged others in-the armed forces to join the revolt against those who abuse -their power know where the blame in the matter lies" Dyer said today that he will ask the council this evening for immediate hearing and thathe will object to any effort on the part of Mayor Gaulin "to gain delay to better prepare the Gaulin Dyer said he had been and to defend himself at anytime since the mayor request- 5er's remgnatidiriast Tuesday releasing the text of his formal reply to the charges Dyer stated: Gaulin told me last Tuesday that he had talked' with all Councilman relative to my removal and that all -had agreed to support his Storm Hits By THE -ASSOCIATED PRESS A massive storm carrying heavy snow and powerful winds lashed portions of the Northwest Midwest today while extreme cold stung portions of the South and Florida Blizzard conditions prevailed from Minnesota and -South Dakota southward through Missouri and Kansas Cold-wave warnings were issued for northeastern New Mexico Heavy snow and hazardous-driving -warnings were posted for Illinois Ohio southern Wisconsin and -Lower Michigan where the US Weather Bureau predicted 4 to 6-inch snow accumulations: Four inches of snow fell hi snow Denver-Colo in a six-hour period and winds gusted up to 45 miles per hour reducing visibility to zero Five inches fell in Minneapolis 8 in Rochester and Alexandria Minn and Lone Rock Wis Some winds reached up to 60 mph' in South Dakota and Nebraska Broken Bow ini central Nebraska reported wind gusts up to 80 mph- A hard freeze struck northern Florida and frost and freezing temperatures prevailed in most of the southern sector The storm began in Montana early Sunday and moved swi: in a widqjirit toward the Mi west Rock slides in Idaho closed USJ2 Gusty winds and heavy snow swept through- Colorado closing mountain passes oday Chuckle Think imalt-big ideas-upset everyone (T-M WRR Gen Fea Carp) SHOE STORE 147 Main Street Biddeferd OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL 0- Monday SlAHI Double He Sw Green Stamp Monday Nlte From I To I Busy (AP) JMembers of the 102ndMaine Legislature return to the St ate House-Tuesday for their busiest week thus far at least in committee More than 20 separate hear- Midwest South Motorists stalled on Denver 'streets The temperature dropped 26 degreerfn one hour after the storm hit the state Eight hundred skiers evacuated-from Lake Eldora in the- Rocky Mountains during the morning were trapped by drifts up to 15 feet -A drop of temperatures in Idaho eased the flood' danger as the snowpack runoff was retarded An estimated 200 persons were still homeless by a week of flooding -New Mexico highways were shrouded by dust whipped by 40-50 mph winds High winds and blowing snow cut visibility in Nebraska A light plane crashed during a swirling snow storm near Ell Paso in north-central Illinois Stite'pdlice said the three passengers were killed lami Fla registered 40 Sunday Other Florida lows were 26 in Pensacola and 27 in Tallahassee At least five traffic deaths in North'-Carolina were attributed to the weather A mammoth earth slide in a deepreanyon dammed the River near-Tillamook Ore Sunday and a lake four miles long built up behind the debris An estimated 600 persons were evacuated from homes in the path of the dammed-up water Staterpolice said later it looked as if the river would carve a route through the-dam andemptjrthe lake slowly into TilIanpok Bay and the sea-'Thefelide came as flooding conditions improved in Oregon Rains stopped Temperatures droppechand rivers fell in Washington But the Yakima River undercut a railroad fill toppling a branch line into the rivets At Alta Utah a skiing area some 300 persons rounded out a week cut off by avalanches and their-evacuation was begun -SEAFOOD SPECIALS SHRIMP- Aft 5 Pounda uUU SHRIMP AQ Lb MEAT QwG OPEN MONDAY A TUESDAY I TO 7 SEAFOOD 76 Alfred Street Biddeford 2884766 jH u- I i ernment had everything in hand and that the chief of staff Gen Quane Rathikoun remained in charge There have been recent of dissent among leaders of the Laotian armed forces and some criticism of the chief of staff For pears Laos has been torn toy strife between Communists neutralists "and rightist factious bfc it was not clear whether the rebel officers belonged to 'any of and seek to buy the The rebels blocked the road to army barracks 10 miles outside Vientiane-but he used a helicopter to reach the royal palace where Souvanna Phouma and two army generals had taken shelter His trooi marched in shortly afterwards The coup leaders wearing fatigue battle dress helmets and blue scarves at Souvanna's house for the talks They emerged looking grim News At A Glance By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Young army rebels seize the radio station in Laos in an attempted coup against Souvanna Phouma the premier Butthe move apparently fails Queen Elizabeth flies to Ethiopia for the start of an right-day state visit as the guest of Emperor Haila Selassie Sir Winston grave in a quiet country churchyard attracts thousands of mourners WASHINGTON US officials welcome the Soviet favorable response to President call for top-level visits and contacts between the two countries The Senate prepares to vote on the Appalachia aid bill Its backers predict approval by a wide margin A document captured -from the Communists in South Viet Nam shows how guerrillas are pint 1 3 1 LB PKGS i 4 bs38' SELMA Ala (AP) Dr Martin Luther King Jr summoned Negroes by the' hundreds to march cm the courthouse today in a right-to-vote demonstration that could surpass any yet seen in Selma Other civil rights leaders organized a voter registration drive in neighboring Perry County' the only county in Alabama -where-a-federal referee has been assigned to handle complaints id racial discrimination King the 1964' Nobd Peace prize winner promised to lead the procession in Selma under the protective shield of a newly amended federal court injunction giving Negroes more freedom in dramatizing their struggle against alleged racial barriers The federal court order still 100 the number of Ne-groes-who can apply for registration in any one day But it was- modified by USDist Judge Daniel Thomas to specify that other Negroes can join the waiting line without interference of sheriffs deputies as long as they gather peaceful- More than 50 prospective voters and civil rights workers some from out-of-state ing sessions wilTbe held in three days Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and Thursday mom- Churchill Grave Is Attraction BLADON England (AP) -Sir Winston grave small rectangular plot heaped with wreaths of flowers in a quiet country churchyard is attracting thousands of visitors Police estimated that more than 125000 persons filed past the spot in Bladon Sunday where the great statesman was laid to rest Saturday Wrapped in coats blankets and ski suits the mourners paused at the graveside at St church to read messages Zonl the wreaths Many wept my darling Winston read one of the wreaths from Lady Churchill whom he often referred to as 'my darling 'Tor our beloved grandpa from his loving grandchildren Nicholas Emma Jeremy Charlotte and said another Bladon a hamlet of 413 persons in Oxfordshire had been content to remain in obscurity for centuries Sunday the crowds -streamed into the-tiny Churchyard their autos jamming the tiny pari lot Police officers directed the overflow to a field a half mile down the road sort of thing is going to happen-" not on- the same scale at weekends and holidays from-now a Bladon official In Melbourne Australia Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced plans to raise $224 million for a' Churchill-memorial trust fund for scholarships We think that there ought to be established not only here but in other countries and in the United States a system of Winston Churchill scholarships or fellowships4' he said Corpsman By PAUL FOURNIER Bath Daily Times BATH (AP) A former Morse High School athlete now serving in French West Africa with the Peace Corps is hard at work building that version of the Morse Shipbuilder basketball team complete with uniforms bearing his old name He is Carl Stinson 23 son of Mr and Mrs Paul Stinson Skip was co-captain id the Morse football team and later played center on the Colby College grid squad prior to his -aduation in 1963 with a degree i economics Shortly after graduation from Colby Stinson entered the Peace Corps and took a special training course St Oberlin College Ohio He was assigned to teach Englishin a French-speaking African secondary school in Kribi East' Cameroon West Afriga that September Some months- ago Skip mentioned in a letter -to a local EDWARD'S SDPER MARKET st ms TENDER LEAN CHUCK PREMIUM CHOICE STEER to jail last week when they pen sisted in trying to get in mm afterthe alloted 100 numbered pieces had been assigned The voter registration board in Selma met again today for a one-day term after a four-day recess which ended'a prolonged session in January The Perry County board at Marion 30 Jiere also opened its doors to prospective voters for jone day under a state' law which requires registrars in all counties to meet on the first and third Mondays in -each month Although a federal referee wee-appointed in' Perry County in the wake of a Justice Deparfe meat suit filed two years ago prospective new voters still must apply first to the county board The-referee chosen by Judge Thomas whosejurisdietioa includes both Dallas and Perry counties is -empowered to decide only" the qualifications of -would-be -voters who have been rejected by the local board Negroes outnumber white res-idents in both counties but have oniy a small: fraction of the number at registered voters Registration officials contend that register at times in the past when the offices-were open to-be held at Ebolowa an in terior town after Christmas We practice two afternoons a week and Saturday Although none had ever played before they really- enjoy the game and are learning fast They really have a natural ability and for novices are extremely smooth on the court I have big hopes of doing well at Ebolowa and of developing the sport into a com munify recreation keep you posted on our progress of my boys really understand why absolute strangers should give them sports equipment Such community spirit is rarely found here Such generosity renders such phrases as and' American Materialism quite hollow more important these kids are experiencing the fruits of concern for-a corns Building Hoop Team ICE CREAM WWDBH00K- STRAWBERRIES APPLES sports booster and friend Francis McLaughlin that somp of his teen-aged students had a natural affinity for sports and that like to organize a basketball team for them but lacked the equipment McLaughlin who has helped organize and support a number of local teams related theintory to fellow members of the Bath Elks Club and American Legion Post They responded by donating funds-for the purchase of hoops nets and balls and spent an additional (20 in postage to ship them to Africa The uniforms -were furnished by former Morse High athletic director 'Harry Hall-Bey who was getting ready to discard old uniforms and was reached just in time to have them shunted to West Africa rather than the city dump success in utilizing the' gear for his boys who range in age from 13 to 15 is evidenced in CUP THIS COUPON 100 STAMPS wuh 150 STAMPS wui IU0 200 Exl" STAMPS wuh STAMPS WBh 2M0 Coupon Good Til Fob 3 ONE PER FAMILY NOT GOOD ON TOBACCO BEER OR MILK NOTICE There Will Be A Meeting Of The BIDDEFORD DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION Tuesday February 27:30 Court Room City Hall For The Purpose Of A Charter Change To Eliminate The 10 Aliefnale XIharier Members And- Regular MprithlyMeeting munity and its youth Hopefully this will stimulate them to action when they are young men in their respective towns If sot your-investments will have produced inestimable a letter McLaughlin for following excerpts from he recently sent to are now preparing the department championships i.