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$1 Million Due Mack Sunday By RON WALSH CORTLAND Developments Thursday in the purchase of Brockway Motor Trucks by Steven Romer, president and board chairman of Solargen Electronics included a statement from Romer's Neon York statement City office. said that he had been in conferences concerning the purchase all day. Another statement from the office of Macie Truck's Corporate Vice President Richard Mann said that Mann, away Thursday from Mack's Allentown, headquarters, expects to return Friday for a report on progress in purchase talks. Several persons gave opinions about the revolutionary six-minute charge battery with which Solargen powers its innovative electric vehicles. Mack, which three weeks ago closed its Brockway operations and announced that assets would be liquidated, April 21, announced it had accepted a purchase offer from Romer for the 65-year-old Cortland family-founded industry.
About 400 members of United Auto w. Workers (UAW) Local 68 were on strike at the time of the closedown. As part of the purchase, it is reportedly necessary for Romer to pay Mack $1 million by Sunday. An interview with Mack management in Allentown indicated Romer would have to come up with the remainder of the purchase price by June 1 or forfeit the $1 million. Former Cortland City Atty.
Edmund J. Hoffmann Jr. explained Thursday afternoon that, although May 1 is a Sunday, this type of financial dealing is transactionable and the effectiveness does not hold over until Monday, as in the case of juridical proceedings. Romer reported that he has bid on a major government demonstration project for 7,500 electric cars under the federal government's Energy Research and Development Authority Act. Tuesday night, three assistants of Rep.
James Hanley, D-32nd District, from his Washington office, said the congressman is contacting Anthony Ewing, director of ERDA's demonstration and incentive branch, in connection with the "imminent" awarding of the contract. Romer said he intends to build electric cars as well as Brockway's line of heavyduty diesel trucks in the Cortland plant once the industry is his June 1. Although Ed Wingenbach, est president of UAW Local 68, announced Sunday that the union is "calling off the strike at a date to be announced shortly," pickets were still outside the Brockway plant Thursday, reportedly because "details of strike conclusion had not yet been cleared with union headquarters." Local 68 members met Thursday night Richard Kaminski State Deputies Re-elect Head in the Knights of Columbus council rooms in Cortland to discuss the matter. Wingenbach said late Thursday, not against Romer; I want to emphasize that. It's just that we have a very great number of unresolved negotiations pending with Mack." Concerning Solargen's patented electric car battery, The Post-Standard Thursday contacted several nationally recognized experts in the field of "electric and hybrid vehicles," the generic term under which such cars are classified.
All- expressed awe at the specifications claimed by Solargen. The company, with executive offices at 562 Fitch Ave. in New York City, publishes a specifications sheet with a picture of the car (station wagon body by Subaru) containing the following specifications: maximum speed, 72 miles per hour; range, 150 miles; re-charging time, with (Solargen's patented) "lead-crystal" batteries, six minutes. Prof. Joseph Rosson of the electric engineering department at Cornell University, director of the Cornell electric car project, said Thursday afternoon, "I've never heard of anything like it in my life.
We have built five electric cars here and are on our sixth. Our cars, with lead-acid batteries, have a re-charge time of seven hours; our range is 40 to 50 miles and the top speed we have ever been able to get is 60 miles an hour." Rosson said that the nation's two largest battery manufacturers, each of which maintains an extensive research department, are Gould Inc. of Rolling Meadows, and Battery Co. of Plymouth Meeting, Pa. added, "I'm so interested in this development that I'll contact for you Dr.
Dave Douglas, head of energy research at Gould, and Henry Jensen, executive vice presient of to get. what I can from them on the revolutionary patent-claim, so that they will have some material ready for you." He said he had spoken with Douglas, who said Gould's Dr. Hans Espig has charge of this phase of Gould research. Espig's office said that Espig: was "out interviewing" but will be available with information late Friday morning. Dr.
Frederick Ohnthrup, marketing and research manager for is also expected to have information on electric car battery development available Friday. About whether Romer and his associates can successfully complete the purchase of Brockway, a prominent Cortland banker said Thursday, "Let's wait 'til Suno day. If Mr. Romer puts $1 million on the Mack table it's inconceivable to me that he would do so without absolute confidence in being capable of producing the rest of the purchase price by closing date Service For Aged CARTHAGE The Jefferson County Office for the Aging and the U.S. Postal Service are cooperating to launch an early alert program for senior citizens in the Carthage area.
The program, open to anyone within zip code district 13619, will call attention to possible danger when a senior citizen's mail starts to accumulate in the mailbox. Senior citizens can request through the Office for the Aging that a special label be inserted in their mailboxes to indicate their desire to participate in the program. If at any time they do not regularly pick up their mail, postal officials will alert the Office for the Aging, which will check to determine whether the participant is in any kind of difficulty. George State Editor Local News Dan Carey, A Assistant 6-C April 29, 1977 GIAC Readies Exhibits ITHACA The Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC) will conduct its annual open house 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Everyone in the community is invited to attend, to see exhibits about GIAC'S programs and displays from other local agencies. There will be program demonstrations of arts and crafts, portraits a and printmaking, theatrical make-up techniques, batiking, sewing and one about the summer educational workshop. Samples of international cuisines will be offered by sponsors of the GIAC program on international cooking, to begin May 11. Representatives from the career center and champion-producing boxing club will be there to discuss their programs and answer questions. The media access center also will be open.
Open house displays from other agencies will include exhibits from the Learning Web, the YMCA, the day care council, the Comic Book Club, the United Way, Black Counseling Services, Alpha House and Southside Center. The GIAC drop-in center will be open throughout the event to care for smaller children of families that want to visit the open house. Deadline Extended ITHACA Parents of pupils in Ithaca's East Hill and Central schools have been given an extra two weeks to request transfers for their children from their present schools to another in the district, according to an announcement Thursday by District Supt. Richard Backer. The deadline for such requests is May 31.
Other parents in the district must file their transfer requests by May 15. ApplLcations for transfers should be obtained at the school the child would normally be assigned to. The signature of that school's principal and the signature of the receiving principal are required. Texas Duty For Barcomb Airman Michael A. Barcomb, son of Mrs.
Mary C. Barcomb of 8 Willis Drive, New Hartford, has been assigned to Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), after completing Air Force basic training. During six weeks at Lackland AFB, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special instruction in human relations. Completion of this training earned him credits towards and associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Airman Barcomb will now receive specialized training in the communications field.
Deaths BERT L. POOLE ITHACA Bert. L. Poole, 84, of 902 Giles died Wednesday at Tompkins County Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.onday at Wagner Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden, at the convenience of the family. Calling hours will be 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. GIOVANNI ELMO ITHACA Giovanni "John" Elmo, 88, formerly of Ithaca, died Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Fla. Family prayer services will be at $:30 p.m.
Saturday at Bangs Funeral Home, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass in Immaculate Conception Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Contributions may be made to charity. Mr. Elmo was born in Carpineto, Italy. He was a 23- year employe of the Lehigh Valley Railroad before retiring, and was the widower of Rose Der Cola Elmo, who. died in 1958.
Mr. Elmo is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mary Brown of Cape Canaveral, and Mrs. Ameria Hile of Ithaca; four sons, Patsy, Augustine and John all of Ithaca, and Leonard of West Palm Beach, 17 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a sister, Miss Angelina Eramo of Carpineto, Italy, and several nieces and nephews. 3 At Retirement Party Principals at the Auburn Correctional Facility annual retire- retirees; back, John Miskell, deputy superintendent of proment party at the Falcon Club to honor employes who have grams; Abe Taylor, deputy superintendent of administration; retired in the past year, are, from left, seated, Eugene Rey- Gerald Kelley, Ernest Sherman and Martin E.
Ferguson, nolds, assistant deputy superintendent, toastmaster; Robert W. retirees; Paul Bergan, deputy superintendent of security, and Kelley, Fred F. Strong, George W. Spears, and Joseph J. Nolan, Robert J.
Henderson, superintendent of the facility. Energy 'Game' at TC3 DRYDEN The latest thing in audience participation games, "Energy and the Environment," is scheduled for play Wednesday at Tompkins-Cortland Community College. Armed with a $10,000 energy environment simulator (a computer), an audiovisual program and considerable energy expertise, Prof. David Woodall of the University of Rochester will present a program designed to inform area residents about the current fuel and energy picture. The U.S.
Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) gave Woodall the computer and a $2,500 stipend to tailor a program consistent with his own "advanced energy concepts," yet significant to people who are affected by energy conservation. Woodall has put together a program that allows anyone to become an energy "czar" and monitor the effects of decisions upon the usage rate of energy reserves, environmental quality and national standard of living. Time in the computer advances at the rate of a century per minute. The effects of factors such as population growth and new technology can be programmed into the computer. Woodall's presentation at TC3 is one of approximately 25 that he will make throughout the state this year.
He speaks to civic organization, clubs and groups of all kinds, 'A providing information on present and proposed energy sources. "In my opinion, the public really needs this information. The world's supply energy is dwindling every day, and people who know nothing about the supply and use of ex energy make decisions, monumental ones, about its use," contends Woodall. Some authorities are becoming desperate over the present energy situation. For example, oil imports from the OPEC countries are now 50 per cent higher than during the 1973 oil embargo.
Woodall's presentation is part of the ERDA effort to inform the populace about the pressing energy situation, while gathering an adequate energy supply. A discussion period will follow. Woodall holds degrees in physics, nuclear engineering and applied and engineering physics. He has been an assistant professor in the mechanical and aerospace sciences department at the University of Rochester since 1974. Woodall will speak twice Wednesday: at noon in Room 545 and at 7 p.m.
to a technology and environment class in Room 600. Both sessions are open to the public. Eight Win Scholarship CORTLAND Three students have won Moffett Scholarships and five have won College Development-Foundation Scholarships at State University College here. The Moffett Scholarships honor the late Donovan C. Moffett, the fifth president of the college, who served at the college for 17 years and was president from 1959 to 1963, when he died.
Scholarship funds, managed by the College Development Foundation; consist of contributions from friends and colleagues of Dr. Moffett and an appropriation from the foundation. William E. Halstead, foundation president, said Moffett Scholarships are designed to honor seniors who are selected "on a basis of scholarship, leadership, professional promise, participation in the community, personality and responsibility." Winners of the Moffett Scholarships are Valerie Hathorn, a health education major from Stanley: Joyce G. Johnson, a biology major from Wappingers Falls, and Marian C.
Miller, a music major from Hampton Bays. Development Foundation scholarships are designed to Dorm Plan First Reunion CORTLAND The first Randall Hall reunion at State University College here will be May 6, according to Pete Pavone, who was director of the hall from 1973 to 1976, and is now assistant financial aid director at the college. The reunion will be at Palm Gardens Restaurant. "We are were the first dorm to have off-campus parties at Palm Gardens," Pavone said. A slideshow depicting the dorm from 1973 to 1976 will be accompanied by music popular at the time.
Students who lived in the dorm then have been invited. Pavone is organizing the event arid expects more than 100 alumni and current students to slow up. Pavone said he decided to arrange the reunion because Randall Hall people are very close and have stayed in touch with each other. The date was selected because many alumni will be back in Cortland next Saturday for alumni day and the spring picnic sponsored by the student activity board. Lawyers to Advise Elderly a panel discussion on legal services for the elderly on May 10.
The program will be presented 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the' courthouse auditorium. Local lawyers will speak on the legal needs and rights of older adults, legal services available and the and the leWal services project for Cortland County, which is in the developmental stage. The program is open to the public and questions concerning it may be directed to the Office for the AWing, CORTLAND The Cortland Office for the Aging fice for the Aging announced Thursday that will it will sponsor Aurora Inn AURORA-ON-CAYUGA, SINCE 1833 N. Y.
Mother's Day Dinner A tradition in fine dining at the Aurora Inn Reserve Now Dinner Service Noon to 6 P.M. Phone 315-364-7230 CORTLAND Chemung County Deputy Richard Karninski was re-elected president of the State Deputy Sheriffs' Association at the organization's annual meeting this week at Canandaigua. Cortland County Police Officer Keith S. Poole was elected executive vice president. Richard Weiss was named treasurer and John Maynard, secretary.
The association also voted to revise its bylaws and to approve the 1977 financial report. Speakers at the annual session included personnel from the FBI, federal Treasury Department and State Supreme Court. Kaminski said the association was originated in 1900 promote professionalism among sheriffs' personnel across the state. Kaminski has been with the Chemung Department 10 years. He was born in Traxton and graduated from Traxton High School in 1958.
He has attended Tompkins Cortland Community College and State University College at Cortland. He gradeated from the State Police Teletype School and from Broome Technical College's Police Academy. A former regional vice president of the association, Kaminski is married to the former Carol Diekow of Freetown. The couple have four children. They reside at 6321 ACademy Truxton.
Ex-Aide At HEW To Talk ITHACA Virginia Y. Trotter, undersecretary in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) during the Ford administration, is scheduled to speak and Monday at Cornell University. She will be the fourth in the distinguished lecturer series sponsored by the Department of Communication Arts. An informal discussion with Trotter on women in government will begin at 8 p.m. Sunday in the communication arts graduate teaching and research center, 640 Stewart Ave.
She will lecture on communication in government at 8 p.m. Mondny in KaufJ mann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall. Trotter, who received a Ph.D. in family economics and higher education from Ohio State University, has been active as a scholar, teacher and administrator. She has held numerous teaching and administrative posts at the universities of Vermont, Utah, and Nebraska.
In 1972, Trotter was appointed vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska the first woman ever in that position, and in 1974 she was appointed assistant secretary for education at HEW again, the first woman ever to have that position. Trotter also has served in numerous consulting and advisory positions throughout her career at home and abroad. She was the official delegate to UNESCO at Paris, France fn October, 1974,. and the official HEW delegate to the International Conference of International Women's year im June, 1975, at Mexico City. Recipient of a number of awards, she has authored many articles, contributing to such publications as the Christian Science Monitor, Career World and Parents.
magazine. 2 Clinics For Adults GOUVERNEUR Two adult screening clinics have been scheduled by the St. Lawrence County Public Health Nursing Service for next week. One will be 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tuesday at the Pope Mills Grange Hall. The second will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the community center at Cranberry The clinics Hre geared for persons 21 years of age and over. There is no fee for clinic visits.
Appointments are preferred. Walk-ins will be seen as time permits. honor juniors who qualify on a basis similar to that of the Moffett awards. This program was initiated in 1972 by the foundation. Junior winners are Karen Canvatchel, an English major from Mount Vernon; Jude Hawron, a mathematics major from Rensselaer; Eileen Hughes, a major in psychology and elementary education from Brooklyn; Gayla K.
Moore, a health education major from Bainbridge, and Thomas Potter, a chemistry major from Oneida. Scholarship recipients were honored recently at a luncheon hosted by President and Mrs. Richard C. Jones. Mrs.
Mary Lou Mason is chairman of the scholarship committee for the Development, Foundation. Serving with her are Mrs. Bellardini, Alice Hincheliff, Robert O'Connell, James Sarvay, Harry Taw and Louis Wolner. Faculty representatives on the committee are Dr. Louis Vanaria, chairman of the history department, and Dr.
Robert Weber, chairman of the men's physical education department. Workers OK Strike MASSENA The Aluminum Workers International Union, Local 420, representing workers at Alcoa, Massena Operations, and Local 450, representing Reynolds Metals Co. employes, were given permission by the members to strike if necessary in voting Wednesday at the labor temple on Woodlawn Avenue. Representatives of both locals will take the results to Miami, where they will report at the bargaining table on a national level. Heading the two groups will be Steve Svarczkopf, business agent for Local 420, and Ernest LaBaff, business agent for Local 450.
Local 420 represents about 1,800 hourly workers at Alcoa and Local 450 about 650 hourly workers at Reynolds. The two unions have been negotiating locally and the AWIU has been negotiating on a national level in Atlanta, where some 18 proposals were offered last week by the union. These proposals were explained Tuesday and Wednesday to the members of both unions before the vote was taken. LaBaff said the main issues confronting the Aluminum industry and hourly workers are economics, job security and pensions. U.S.
Steel Union members recently approved the job security and pension programs, LaBaff said, adding that it is not true anymore that the way steel goes, so goes the aluminum industry. LaBaff said the steel industry has import problems while aluminum is selling pretty good. With the energy crunch, a lot more aluminurn should be sold, he said. The contract expiring May 31 was for 40 months. Nagotiations are for a 36-month contract.
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