Qlrutral ilaiur ".a llrrkly Nrws ilagaliur Vol. 7, No. 36 Thursday, September 5, 1968 Ten Cents Muskie Runs Again Guilford Girl Killed (Staff photo by Matt Troy) A Piscataquis Community the victim was instantly killed, HighSchool sophomore died as Jones reported. a result of injuries received Taken to the Mayo Hospital Saturday on the Monson -North in Dover- Foxcroft for treat­ Guilford Road, about 9:45-p. ment of injuries were: Moul­ m. , according to State Troop­ ton, Ma1cia Smigh, 19. of Gu­ er Marvin J ones of Greenville. ilford, and Carroll Ruksznis, He identified the victim as 15- 17, also of Guilford. year-old J oy Gilbert of Guil­ The Smith girl, thrown from ford. the car, was admitted to the Miss Gilbert was listed as a hospital With possible fractur­ . Senator Ed Muskie is shown above as he "ran" for the Senate passengerina car operated by es to !;>ones in her spine and a four years ago. Senator Muskie was on a campaigning tour of Wayne E . Moulton, 19, of Gu­ badly cut knee. The other two the Derby shops with John C. McDonald of Derby when he was iiford, which left the highway were released after treatment. caught in a rainshower and so was captured by the Town Crier on a curve a nd slammed into Trooper Sgt. Herman Hol­ some trees about three miles photographer "running for office". brook of Smithfield and Troo­ south of Monson. The car was Senator Muskie is now running fo r the second highest elective per Dean Clukey of Sangervi­ headed in a southerly direction, office in the country. lle assisted in the investigation. I Page 2 September 5, 1968 THE TOWN Q R.IE R THE TOWN CRIER is published each Thursday evening by the 1'<?.\VN CRIER PUBLICATIONS. tEb.ttnrinlly &prnk ing We hope .to be of help to the citizens ofthe·towns in our. coverage through NEWS, INFORMATION, AN INDEPENDENT T.V. WATCHER'S VIEW OF POLITICAL . AND LoWER PiqQED ADVERTISING. CONVENTIONS We accept .no fina.I).El'ia~ responsibility for errors . The 1968 Conventions of the two major political parties in the ii\advertising ,but wtll gladly print corrections. United States are now a matter ofhistory. :rhe contrasts between :~opies of most photos appear~.ng in THE TOWN the two events'were marked. w.;·are sure that in both parties CRIER mav be obtained thro~,~gh our office. many were complacently sati.sfied while many others were sad- ·'if you'.have news or availlibie photos of any sort ly disappointed. · · '·we urge you to call an e'ditor or drop in. Dead­ It is our opinion that the Republican Convention was a gather­ line will be Monday Noon but we would appreciate copy received ea:rlier in the week. ing of the affluent middle class completely at home in the plush atmosphere of Miami Beach. On the television screen· they came ' . ·classified !lids 5-o cent minimum including up to l2 words, 3 cen-ts ·for each additional word. 'ois­ across as the stereotyped kooky hatted, horn blowing conven­ pla,y ad, space ~r ~e column inch. tioneers. They indulged their vanity with endless nomination of non-:-candidates and s~conding sp~eches ad infinitum. In this way · EDITOR - JOANNE BRIGHAM thedelegateswhqed away their tim~. while, to allappearances. :l . # • ··'· '' · Milo-943-7384 the busi-ness of tne convention was 2oi1Qucted with all dispatch, and largely behind the scenes. 'fhe Grand Old Party nominated a Republican's Republ.i.can showing little consideration for the polls of American. opinion. They gave him a nonentity for a running mate and stood him •&4'+ FOR SALE upon a platform of plati tud.es containing a plank on Vietnam that If YQU ft.,nt ~ BUY, .SELL, · 1960 Ford Galaxie, as is, would not hamper the :campaigning ofHo .Chi Minh or William· RENT or SWAP, try "Tovm ·· best offer takes it. Cail943- Crier" Classified. Fulbright. · . · 7474. This exhibition was not Worthy of the value and dignity of the FOR RENT.' people who support th~ basic ide.als of the Republican party and · Large desirable Lots 1 city ·BABYSITTING who serve brilliantly in:.io,yal, county and state capacities be­ fore. our very eyes. It is• our humble but sad opinion that the water and . sewerage, $25. 00 Will babysit in my home. a month. political aspirations of our. local Republican candidates will Call943-£658. Catherine Ellis. KNAPP TRAILER PARK not be enhanced by their national. running mates. Kimball St. , Milo-943-2639 While the Republican Convention seemed to be a Do-nothing gathering, the Democratic Coriventio.n was a Do -everything MAINE STATE POLICE C.onvention. · · FOR SALE. · TheMaineState Police laun­ Granted that froiD: this distance, we must form our opinions One slate sink :·and sid~bo­ ch~d 120 new investig!ltions from ~hat we see and hear on the Television, we gathered the ard. Excellent for cazlip ~ . Re7 into vioiations of .the state's feeling that what was affirmed in the Primaries was disavowed asonably priced~ Len Swazey; . junkyard statutes during the in the .smoke -filled rooms. Brownville Jet. 965-7091. six-mongh period ending .Tune Probably . never before did such fine people get nominated 30, Col. Parker F. Henness­ under worse circumstan,ces. While Hubert Humphrey ·and our ey announced Wednesday. own Senator Ed M\lslde came across as the sincere progress­ FOR SALE Of that number, 19 were cl­ ive politicians that they are! their nominations were marred New mobile homes -on dis­ eared with 101 pending, Hen­ bY the police state tactics of machine boss Richard Daley. play, :2 and ~ bedr.()oms; · nessey noted. The cases were Neverbefore to our knowledge, has a mayor found it necess­ Knapp Trailer Sales, Milo, among 650 investigations made ary to surround a convention hall vtith barbed wire and fill it Maine. in all. from Jan. 1 to June 30, · with plain clothed and uniformed police. Never b efore has the .233 of which were cleared. chairman of a legitimate delegation been dragged from the hall FOR SALE Four hundred seyenteen of the · and off to jail in. handcuffs-as was the chairman of the delega - 1963 THUNDERBIRD.'Best total are pending. tion of our sister state, New Hampshire. He was arrested as offer. ¢al19'43-2364. Hennessey observed that the he attempted 1;o prove that the elaborate credentials security bulk of the cleared cases were system was a fraud. However, his crime was not so great t).l!l.t the result of his department's he could notbe excused on the word of the law of C hie ago ,Mayor policy of stressing compliance FOR. SALE. Daley. 1968 · HONDt\ 360cc motor- on the part of violators with One thing that can be said for the Democratic qonveution. is cycle ,,6000 mile~, two-seater, . state statutes rather than pun­ that it was anything but dull. There was comrnittment evident headlight, . taillight, blinkers, .itive action. onall sides. People tried to work for the democratic process. mirrors. Nine month warran-. Two state police office:rs are It was evident that m~ny people were deeply committed to the ty, . cpst $834,, sa1e pri~e- assigned full-ti.me to the in­ pressing problems at hand. $~300; cash. vestigation. of violations of the The one thing that was most evident, however, was that the . Mrs. Bernard M. Smith, Lin-. statutes governing the opera­ Democratic Convention was run with an iron gavel by the party coln Center . tion of junkyards. machine and anti-Establishment delegates were hard put to gain the .floor. Cont'd on Page 4 September 5, 1968 Page 3 School Opens ELDER BRUCE REES-­ NEW MINISTER IN AREA Elder Bruce Rees, rece.ntly assigned to labor in the Dover­ Foxcroft area, is an ordained Minister of the Gospe l of Je­ sus Christ, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day School opened throughout our area this week and in most cases it was back to business as Saints. He will be working with usual. It was a big day for high school students in M.S. A.D. #41, however, as PenquisVa;l­ Eldei· Leondus Jensen, who ley High School in Milo opened its doors for. the first time. Principal Malcolm "Mac" Buch­ has been here for three mon­ anan is ·shown above we~coming new arrivals to the school. ths . The Church send out 13, 000 young men and women for a two year period at their own expense. When Elder Rees was called to the Ministry, he was work­ ing in the X -ray department for the University of Utah, Medical Center. He plans to receive his doctorate in Art Education when he returns ho­ me to SAlt Lake City, Utah. Prior to llis assignment he was laboring m Glace Bay, NovaScotia. The New England Mission covers the New Eng­ land states and the Maritime Provinces of Canada. They are laboring under Dr. Paul H. Dunn, who is a General Auth­ ority of the church. Elder Rees and E lder Jensen will be giv-: ing the residents in the area Arriving students peer with anticipation as they enter the shining new school building which an opportunity to learn of the has just been completed for use this fall; Everything is practically in· readiness although the b eliefs and doctrines of the ch­ furnishings for the Home Ec department are not installed as yet and a general settling in is urch. still to come. The church in this area meets The Cafeteria is in use by those bringing their lunches this week and beginning next Mon­ in the American Legion Hall, day the kUchen will be prepared to serve hot lunches to all desiring the:p:1.