Property of the Watertown Historical Society XTowwatertownhistoricalsociety.orgn Zitncs The Watertown-Oakvtlle Weekly * Timely Coverage Of News In The Fastest Growing Community in Litchfield County VOL. 23 NO. .1125 Subscription Price, $5.00 Per Year !5£«nt* ;LY 31.1969 EDITORIAL Hearing Tonight On Atty. FredericFrederick Murolo's stirring defense ooff _J .> suspended Police Chief Carlo J. Palomba at last week's public hearing raised an interesting question .., one which demands an answer. Atty. M'tirolo was sharply critical of the news media, $5,806,733 Budget press and radio, for its coverage of the Palomba case. "asMents mil tie: given, an. He said time and. again that the' charge against oponunity to common on the Palomba, that of obstructing an officer concerned in English Girl Is 1969-70 roDosea recora budget «rf the administration of justice, is a misdemeanor. He £.806.733 at a puotic hearing; admitted a crime had been committed and stated that anight at 8 o clock at the high Foreign Exchange Student <cnool. nothing he could say could "make the misdemeanor ~\e total budget requests are into nothing." At the same time, he said, nothing the Cynthia Mary Green, a orown- $1,142,021 higher 'than the press could say could turn the misdemeanor into a naired, brown-eyed lass irom current year's appropriation. It felony. —- Leeds, in Yorkshire. England. includes' 12.573.693' for the •will be Water-town's American administrative Department, a True enough on both counts, ?ield Service Exchange Student S766.413 'boost, and i3.2S3,040 for What came as a bombshell to most who have for the 1969-70 school year. he Education Department, a followed the Palomba suspension closely was Murolo's tfr. and Mrs. Gerald DeLoy. like of $375,608. Cutler St., will be the host family n presenting' his budget. Town announcement that the files in the Allen Manzoili <&se Manager Paul F. Smith said: have not been destroyed as reported, but in fact were for the 17-year-oid girl who wiil ;oe.M her senior nigh school year 'The recommendations included locked up in-the safe at Police Headquarters. it Watertown High. represent a level of service that Atty. Murolo made a big point of this and repeated "Maintains the existing ana "he daughter oi Mr. ana Mrs- irovufes for some expansion ana several times that the files have not been destroyed Israel W. Green. Cynthia .las two ..moTovements. .t .s lot while being sharply critical of news media for .saying •iider sisters. Doreen Rita, -8, iresumeo that the proposals will they were. ana Pamela Joyce, ,:4. ,ier je adopted as presented. 'The This little bit of information then becomes very :ather is *ngaged .n :he »st proDably will be 'too high."" wnoiesaie textile business. le aaded: """.here are interesting and very important. What did the news ~.n her home town Miss L een Alternatives ana priorities to Be media .use as its source concerning the alleged attended Roundhay High School. aiscussea as needs are weighed1. destruction of the Manzoili case records? The official She speaks some Frencn ana igainst resources, fhis budget J report of State Referee P.B. O'SuIlivan which said, in Spanish, and »as studied .nciud.es items wmch can be •Geography, Frencn, English ana ief erred, but wnich must be paragraph 81 "All of the records were destroyed by Art For athletics, she 'takes pan ry Green 'answered.. Other :iems are Chief Carlo J. Palomba as agreed to by himrand (Atty. "in ndrseback riding i tennis and :eeded but have Been deferred. Donald) Vitale." English Football. She has oeen. Meeting To Choose lost items are necessary xo Further, when Palomba and Vitale were arraigned in active as a leader of a Guide maintain existing services.."" Company and Brownie Pack, ana TRSSC Postponed ne area, in wnich increases Superior Court on the obstruction charge - where both has an interest in cness ana •re ti.fc.el? to be a sited tonight is pleaded guilty - the Prosecuting Attorney again made painting. She topes to prepare Until Aug. 4 : me Fire Department budget. for a career in town ana country reference to the fact that the records was destroyed. *. special town meeting to .Se Department bad. submitted a. planning. Neither attorney for either man made protest over this sieci live memoers u i .-sanest tor a total budget of "With her family Cynthia oas M45,6M, but 'this has oeen cut to statement, then or at any other time. The first report ""emporary Regional School traveled through Europe. Study -Jommittee aas reea ^6.820 by 'the Manager. Most of that the records have not been destroyed came from, visiting France, Denmark. Italy -escneduled for Monday. Aug. 4. •*na,t was cnoppea, 155.000, came Atty. Murolo's statements on, July 23. ana Switzerland. - a ».m. at Watertown High ii a request, for a new tire' She is due to arrive .n jcnooi. -*atton. Another 15,960 for a new Now the questions arise, was Judge O'Sullivan emergency wagon us® "was mistaken in what'he wrote in his report, was there a latertown Friday. Aug. 15. ana Tie hearing was stated for last "will be a guest at the final dance Monday, out was postponed ..iced., misprint in the report... or was the report accurate as ntf the current A.F.S. summer vnen it was found that, the legal •». specia.,1. meeting of 'the Fire to what the Judge was told during his investigation? If series at Watertown High School. touce warning the meeting aad department was neld Monday (Continued On Page 4} in Wednesday, Aug. 20, oi Been puolished propeny. The evening at tie Fire House, and it Jontinued on .Page ,12) continued On Page 12) Ecumenical Vacation School August 11-22 -aaersnip or ne Buckingham Street,,, in Uakviile. Ecumenical Vacation School in .'ost is $2 per cniid with a $5 Jatertown-Oakville <s leanv naximwn per tamily. There are' complete and teacmng '.earns »me ipemngs remaining in are at work developing detailed •ia.cn section oi the school, Class plans ior the school... scheduled to assignments will ie made be held August 11 - 22. Thescnooi tugusi 1 ana children wno nave is sponsored by the Watertown- -egisterea will be aoufied by Oakville Ecumenical Council. nan where ineir classes are to •representing eight cnurcn.es oi ie held, ana wno 'Heir :ead the community. acner is to be. 3oys- ana giris still ma? oe children vno. were .n enrolled, by writing Mrs. Charles undergarten last year, tnrougn Parsley, registrar, it .til "Continued On Page 12) Consolidation Of Fire Districts Step Closer '-ess than ,:,0 .»er ?ent -n )i approval townwiae. Watertown's registered voters Question one. on me complete turned out ast Saturday :o nerger. was approved Dy 1:02,1. approve ov nearly a 2-1 margin. ~o S23: Question two. an me the :irst step :owara 'nerger <it the Watertown fire -onsoudation oi the Oakville and T Wi 3istnct with -iie town, was ' ~^~~£~»m~i~ ~* —Z~T~Z^ «"~ ™ *™JT"™" —•--• •••— • OTOTdqr for the new O.S. Foot Office "Vatertown Fire Distncts under ipprovea '961 - ~M: ana Question OB Woodntff Aw. mi tWi MagDolla tree. The lUha Coo.tructioo C© Inc., of Hartford, it gcucni 1 ".he town's government. 'iree, on. merger oi the Oakville coatnctor for 'lie new botidtag which 'Wfl. lie II by M feet. Tie Zeffin Constnctioii Co., of Ulchleli ill three questions in uie .""ire 0ist.net with 'the town, oy It MMg lie mmmtkm. Wiea the Poit Offfee Deportment announced the mm bmktiM »me monis nacmnes were reiected by First M2-613. •gp, It etllci lor completioo by Nov. » of lUs year. The Magnolia tree oai not been schednled for Distnct voters, out approved so "he next step win be separate vpnottag Mtil II was fowl it wit located right on the foiDdatJoD lie. An attempt wil be made to jverwneimingly in Oakville that •eterenoa on Saturday, Sept. 6. reptant It eltewhere OB the site. II. three were given Dig margins >JontinueaOnPagel2) .fg-Ttowe Times (Watertown, Conn. h July 31,, 1069 Property of the WatertownDr. Cary Historical Named To SocietyPost Watertow n Grange Dismissal Of Palomba: As •Watertown Grange, No. 122, will meet Friday, Aug. 1, at 8 At Newington Hospital p.m. in Masonic Hall, 175 Main Chief Stillwatertownhistoricalsociety.org Not Final. St., with. Master Florence James M. Cary, M.D., 61' Byrnes,presiding. The program, A final decision on whether or Town Attorney " Sherman R. Walnut St., has accepted, 'the" in charge of the music not suspended Police Chief Carlo Slavin 'that last week's public position of Assistant Medical committee, is entitled, "Sing - J. Palomba is to be "discharged hearing bad to be held before the Director of -Newington It's Good For You."' " from the Watertown 'Police chief's dismissal could become Children's Hospital, according to' Department still is- being • final. Atty. Sherman confirmed Burr H. Curtis, M.D., Medical awaited- from the Police that this week,'pointing' out that . and Executive Director. TOUT "Commission. 'the State Statutes governing the Dr. Cary has been on "'the1 Despite a vote by the case are not entirely clear on the Newington attending staff 'since Commission on July " 11 to 'point, but it is Us opinion 'that no 1951 and will, effective October I, Ml discharge Palomba from "the final decision could be made 1969, be responsible" for resident ICE OCCAM force,, it was learned, this week until after the hearing. education "and further Straits Turnpike, Watertown that the action is not final and " As of early this week the development of educational won't be until the Commission Commission still was awaiting programs for the medical staff digests the transcript of last 'the transcript of the July 8 * specifically in orthopaedic cekend Speci week's public hearing and either programs.