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Area ile wg Officials Investigate. Legality Of Jackson's Dual Candidacy Friday, August 24, 1973 PougftlcMpst Journal 15 By M1MI McANDREW The Dutchess County Board of Elections is still trying to determine whether Liberal party member Wiley M. Jackson can be a candidate for the Poughkeepsie Common Council and the county board of representatives. "We are still working on it," Robert Stevens, county election commissioner, said today. "It is confusing.

It's just one of those things that takes time." Stevens said the board is consulting with the state attorney general, County Attorney John Kennedy and City Corporation Counsel Robert Dietz. "We are doing everything we can to get this settled, but we can't make a determination until we get some more legal opinions." Jackson, 161 N. Hamilton has filed as the Liberal party candidate for city alderman from the Fifth Ward and for the board of representatives from District 12. Liberal party chairman Francis Cannon, meanwhile, said he can't understand the confusion over the dual candidacy. Cannon said S.tevens told him two weeks ago it was "perfectly legal" for Jackson to seek two elective posts.

He maintains the present controversy is a deliberate attempt to embarrass the Liberal party. "The only reason Wiley decided to run was because I giave him the word from the board of elections. I checked because I didn't want to embarrass Wiley, the party or myself. "This is a deliberate harassment and intimidation of the Liberal party. Our membership has increased considerably and we do pose a threat.

But I feel Just terrible about this." Cannon said he advised Jackson he could run for both offices on "Mr. Stevens' word. I took his word for it because he has always been very good to me. But if he wasn't sure, he should have checked it out. If I were the commissioner of elections, I would have checked it.

This was a shock tome." Cannon said he plans to go to the board of elections this afternoon and confront Stevens. "If I am not satisfied, I plan to approach the attorney general's office about it." But he said he doesn't expect much help from the attorney general because he has complained in the past about problems with the elections board. "The Liberal party has never gotten a break. Our petitions are always thrown out for the slightest technical 'iv tTtlmBJIfWmWr' Ti fmti'h rKmf There's always room for one more at the Dutchess County Fair in Rhlnebeck. This aerial photo of the fairgrounds, taken by photographer David Livshin, shows a stream of cars at the entrance to the main gate, off Route 9, lower part of photo, center.

Fair manager Sam Lloyd said the attendance figure for Thursday was the highest single day tally in the fair's 128 year history. The photo was taken from a small plane piloted by Noah Sullivan, High Acres, Drive, Town of Poughkeepsie. Story On page 1. Poughlmpsl Journal Pholo Inmate To Get Another Chance By LARRY HUGHES ALBANY The state parole board has sustained seven parole violations that landed a blind man back in jail after he was granted executive clemency late last year. But Edward E.

(Gene) Weiss, 36, has been given another chance. Jerry Houlihan, public relations spokesman for the department of 'correctional services told the Jour nalThursday afternoon, "Weiss has been granted an open date. This is done in cases where, prior to release, a job or a home must be found for an inmate so he has something to do and somewhere to go. "In Weiss' case, the board is allow ing between now and September 24 for a program to be established for him at Rochester. He is being held pending development of such a program." Weiss is an alcoholic.

He lost his sight about a year ago after drinking wood alcohol he bought from a fellow inmate at Wallkill Correctional Facility. After Governor Nelson Rockefeller ordered Christmas clemency for him last December, Weiss was released to a rehabilitation center for the blind at Albany. According to his sister, Christine of Newburgh, Weiss had alcoholic tendencies from the age of 15 but never admitted the problem to himself and Health Department Closes Inn The Deerhead Inn, Salt Point Turnpike, Town of Hyde Park, has been ordered to close by the Dutchess County Department of Health because of a sewage failure. Dr. Stephen Redmond, county health commissioner, said the inn's permit to operate a restaurant has been suspended.

Redmpnd said the permit was suspended only after his order to correct the sewage failure had been violated. The facility is under permit to George Ose. A hearing has been scheduled for Sept. 6 to determine if the permit to operate a food service facility should be revoked permanently and for the assessment of penalties for allegedly violating Redmond's order. Ose is subject to a $100 penalty for violation of the order and $300 for violation of the county sanitary code.

Redmond has also ordered Charles LaForge, operator of the Beekman Arm's in Rhinebeck to install a new wastewater treatment system to eliminate the discharge of improperly treated sewage on the surface of the ground. Redmond said engineer's plans have been approved for a new wastewater treatment system. Failure to abide by the order could result in a $100 fine and a $300 fine for violation of the sanitay code. The department has also initiated action in Supreme Court against Gerald and Raymond Murphy of Yonkers for alleged violation of the housing regulations of the county sanitary code. The Murphy's own an apartment house, in the Village of Millerton, which Redmond says, is discharging sewage into the Webutuck Creek.

The department is asking the court to order that the problem be corrected or the apartment building be closed. Previous to the court action, the department fined the Murphys $100 after an administrative hearing. was never treated for it in the nine years he spent in state prisons. She told the Journal earlier this month her brother had been in trouble with the law as the result of nonviolent crimes committed while he had been drinking. He was picked up and jailed in April of this year for parole violations resulting 'from drinking.

His' sister and friends who worked for his release in December, including the Laurence Thompson family of Wappingers Falls and E. Charles Johnson, district governor of the Lions Club, continued to support him. They contacted an alcoholic treatment center at Rochester and won agreement from them to accept him. At some point following his re Gene Weiss, for the first time, according to his sister, admitted his drinking problem. He said drinking was his main problem and being sightless secondary.

Weiss agreed to voluntarily commit himself to the alcohol rehabilitation center. But first Weiss had to be allowed back out on parole. This week the Parole Board gave him another chance. Yearling Bull Named Champion Of Angus Show RHINEBECK A late yearling bull from the Losee Angus Farm in Rhinebeck was named the Grand Champion bull of the breeding cattle Angus show Thursday at the Dutchess County Fair. The bull, "Esteem 1862 of Ankon was also named the summer champion bull at the competition.

ity that wouldn't even be noticed if they were for Democrats or Republicans. "I have asked the attorney general in the past to help us get four party representation on the board of elections. There is no one there to protect the Liberals or Conservatives." At present, Stevens is the Republican election commissioner and Albert Hecht, represents the Democrats. Stevens denied he told Cannon that Jackson could run for both offices. "That isn't true at all.

He might be confused because I might have told him there was nothing to stop him from filing." He added' that the board "always gives every party 100 per cent cooperations. We treat everyone the same." Hyde Park Increases Milk Prices HYDE PARK The price of milk and ice cream is going up in all the cafeterias in the Hyde1 Park School District. The board of education approved the increase during a meeting Thursday night. Milk will now cost 10 cents, up from the previous price of four cents. According to school superintendent, Dr.

Kenneth R. DePree, "This will not affect the cost of the Type A lunch which includes a carton of milk, but will alter the cost of milk purchased by those who bring a bag lunch." Ice cream went up to IS cents, as opposed to the 10 cent price which had been charged for the past 13 years. "Price increases have necessitated the rise in costs," said DePree. "In addition," he explained that "the action to increase the price of milk was necessary because President Nixon has not included money for the purchase of separate containers of milk in his recommended federal budget." In the past the district paid eight cents for a. carton of milk, but was reimbursed four cents by the federal government.

"Because of this, and because of the general increase in the price of milk, the state education department has advised all districts to make appropriate arrangements for the cost differential. "At the moment," said DePree, "all we can do is hope some monies are included in Nixon's budget. Should this occur, the price would then be somewhere between five and 10 cents depending on the amount of reimbursement provided by the federal government." The Board also took action to approve, for a one year trial period, a new school immunization program jointly sponsored by the state education department and the NeW York State Department of Health. Beacon Man Sent To Prison In Assault Case A 33 year old Beacon man was sentenced to a maximum of seven years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to first degree assault, a felony. No minimum term was set.

Benjamin Getter, of 11 Wolcott had been charged in an indictment with attempted murder and other counts stemming from a shooting incident in a Beacon tavern. He pleaded guilty to assaulting Mrs. Ailaine Davis of 62 Beekman Beacon, on April 7. Assistant District Attorney George D. Marlow asked County Judge Raymond E.

Aldrich Jr. to impose a sentence with "a substantial period of incarceration in state prison." Public Defender William J. Ciolko, however, asked for mercy for Getter who he said had received a Presidential citation for heroism in saving children from a burning building. Ciolko also quoted from a letter from a Beacon detective who said Getter had been of great help to the police there and had "helped calm racial disturbances in the city." Judge Aldrich told Getter his acts were "of a reckless, irresponsible nature" and "I have to send you to state prison with your background." He told Getter he could impose a 15 year sentence, but would give him a break. Bonner Manslaughter Trial Is Adjourned The manslaughter trial of William C.

Bonner was adjourned Thursday afternoon after Chief Assistant District Attorney Ira A. Pergament delivered his opening remarks 'to the jury. County Judge Raymond E. Aldrich Jr. said he adjourned the trial because he wanted time to study the law before deciding a motion made in chambers.

The 'attorneys and defendant had conferred in Chambers with the judge three separate times prior to the judge's calling the adjournment. Bonner, 24, of Old Pawling Road, Wingdale is accused of manslaughter in the death of his wife, Sept. 15, 1972. Denis McClure, Bonner's attorney, pbjected several times during Perga ment's opening. McClure said Pergament was "summing up." The judge called the attorneys and defendantinto chambers for a few minutes and when they emerged Pergament conduced his remarks saying he would prove the defendant "assaulted his wife with his fists and that he caused her death as a result of his beating her with his McClure said he.

had "an application to make in chambers as a result of the people's opening statement." When everyone emerged from the judge's chambers about 10 minutes later, Pergament resumed his opening, jle said the jury could find that Bonner acted intentionally, recklessly and negligently. The prosecutor is required to outline what he intends to prove at the beginning of a trial. A' i City firemen were called out to a report of a flooded basement at Christine's Shop, 7 Mi Garden Thursday night. They sent over a utility track while they went in to check out the problem. Returning to the truck for equipment they found the front wheels "settling out of sight," according to Fire Chief John Van Norstrand.

He explained the water from the leak apparently undermined the newly dug up and replaced street causing the truck to sink. A tow truck saved the day and firemen sent a pump Into the store. The location Is Just off the Main Mall, where there have been a number of water main breaks since construction and replacement of sewers and pipes began. PoughlcpsU Journal Prtoto Area Aews Briefs College Budget Hearing Set Tonight A public hearing on the proposed $6.5 million budget for Dutchess' Community College will be conducted tonight at 8 o'clock in the county office building. The budget already has the endorsement of the finance and personnel committees of the board of representatives.

The board, however, is not expected to vote on the budget tonight. The board is also tentatively scheduled to consider a resolution directing W. Joseph Eagen, county social service commissioner, to sign a let ter of intent which would allow the Poughkeepsie Family Development and Day Care Center to secure a loan. The family development agency wants to move from its present quarters on Mill St. to a center in the Eastman Terrace housjng project.

Under the Youth Facilites Act, the state will guarantee a loan for the addition of required day care facilites at the center if Eagen signs the letter saying he will place 100 children per year in the center. Fire Destroys E. Fishkill Barn FISHKILL PLAINS A large barn located on Route 376 across from the Fishkill Plains Garage was destroyed by fire this morning. The shaped structure was located on what had been the Potter Farm. Firemen had not determined the current owner, as of mid morning.morning.

An alarm was called in to City of Poughkeepsie fire headquarters at 8:16 a m. and relayed to county fire officials who dispatched all four East Fishkill fire companies. LaGrange firemen were called in under mutual aid as were the men and two tankers from the New Hackensack fire department. Reports from the scene indicated the bam was "on the ground" and that the blaze was under control at 8:57 a.m. There was no word or what, if anything, was stored in the barn.

Kansas Man Admits Drug Charge A 26 year old Topeka, Kan. man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted criminal possession of a dangerous drug in the fourth degree, a felony. Allan B. Dale was arrested in a routine traffic check on Route 9 in Hyde Park in September 1972. Dale told County Judge Raymond E.

Aldrich Jr. that "State Police stopped me and checked my car and found marijuana in it." In response to further questions Dale said he had 13 pounds of marijuana and said it "grows wild in Kansas." The judge set sentencing for Sept. 20 and continued Dale's bail. False Alarm Clears City Hall A malfunction in the fire alarm system at the City Hall complex forced evacuation of the entire building just after 9 a.m. today.

There is no public address system in the building and, in a case such as thisj when the alarm goes off the building empties. Just before 10 a.m., while Fire Chief John Van Norstrand was explaining the problem to a Journal reporter, the alarm malfunctioned again. The alarm was being recycled and reset. Man Sentenced In Arson Case A 50 year old city man was sentenced Thursday to one year in county jail after he pleaded guilty to fourth degree arson, a felony, i John Cornelius of 4 Cottage was accused in an indictment of setting a fire in the building where he resided in April. County Judge Raymond E.

Aldrich said, "I think at that time you were a very upset individual." He said Cornelius "engaged in irrational behavior." The judge said he was concerned about the defendant's drinking and he should receive therapeutic help when he is released. Cornelius was represented by Public Defender William J. Ciolko. The district attorney's office took no position on sentencing. City Renewal Grant Released Bonner is accused in a three count, indictment of first degree manslaughter, which includes the element of intent; second, degree manslaughter, which Includes the ele ment of recklessness and criminally negligent homicide.

After Pergament sat 'down a second tjme, McClure. asked to make a motion in After a few 'mjnutes the judge adjourned the trial until today; A $10.5 million grant for the Queen City East urban renewal project has been released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The announcement was made by Congressman Hamilton Fish's office in Washington. The money will be used for an area which includes a proposed financial plaza. The streets involved in the renewal program would be from Market to Hamilton and Cannon to excluding the Main 'Mall, according to alderman Paquale A.

Let' terii, council liasion with PURA. The money has been in reserve since June, along with 'an additional $2 million, pending the clearing of what PURA termed "minor technical' problems." Those problema'lncluded the city implementing, or giving as surance of b. an updated master plan. II The $2 million, which has not yet been released, will be used for the Queen City. West project.

Those funds will benefit the Main Mall and part will be used for facade easements and rehabilitation grants in the residential areas which includes at least' five streets in the lower Main Street area. The S10.S million will be used for acquisition of lands, parking, rear access to property on the Main Mall and for the financial plaza. Letterii told the Journal today that PURA can now go ahead and start disposition agreements and preliminary arrangements necessary to the transfer of property. to a developer. Frank Eberhard, a local contractor has indicated interest in the financial plazacxmsfruction.

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