Press and Sun-Bulletin from Binghamton, New York • 3

XA.lC'-' March 28, 1977 SATURDAY, Binghamton, N.Y. 3-A ii own Jhuumia PTOcediMFes HP, X. ft Vi at. I 1. 1 DPW qfniesltnoBied by DO budget, the town also spends about $1 million annually capital projects which require engineering expertise.

Pitman said the new public works commissioner will receive a consulting engineer's report later this year for the future of solid waste disposal in the town and villages. That project may eventually cost $750,000 and should be evaluated on a sound engineering basis, Pitman said. Pitman said if the town can get a public works commissioner for the same salary as Missavage, it should get someone who has as many qualifications as possible. He said one of the applicants was a town engineer with public works experience who worked for a community of 80,000 people. WMPy If rl 4 Li vum mm inearing on murder charge Bv JEFF SHARE James B.

Pitman, outgoing commissioner of public works for the Town of Union, yesterday said some of the applicants for his job may have better qualifications than Joseph M. Missavage, the odds-on choice to replace Pitman when he leaves for a county job next month. Pitman who is slated to become Broome County commissioner of public works said most of the 10 applicants for his job have strong backgrounds in professional engineering and in administration of public works. Missavage is the only candidate who has been interviewed for the Town of Union job, and it remained doubtful yesterday whether any other applicants would be interviewed before the board meets in two weeks to name Pitman's successor. "On paper, some are unquestionably better qualified.

But none have been interviewed and can't offer anything other than their resumes," Pitman said. Missavage was the county planning commissioner until he was dismissed by newly elected county executive Donald L. McManus on Dec. 31. A member of the planning department for 22 years, Missavage has no engineering degree or experience in public works.

Pitman said. Missavage, 53, of Endwell, is still the best candidate for the job, according to Town Supervisor John E. Cheevers, a Democrat, and Councilman Richard H. Miller, a Republican and a member of the employe's committee which recommended Missavage's hiring on March 16. Both said Missavage's qualifications as an administrator are outstanding.

"I feel very comfortable with Missavage's qualifications. Members of the board have probably worked more with Joe through the years than they have with Pitman," Cheevers said. The appointment has been temporarily delayed by Councilman William E. For-ster, a Republican, who is upset that the board did not interview other applicants for the $25,000 a year job. Pitman said he believes an engineering background is important because the public works commissioner often has to deal with outside engineers.

He said that in addition to its $2.5 million public works Edward J. Donnelly holds onto after he rescued it from two 'Bambi," the yearling buck who dogs. Donnelly's daughter, Sher-followed him home yesterday ry, stands in background. BambV is saved by Windsor man Pitman, a former Navv veteran who was hired last. July after a four-year search, said his only involvement in the search for his successor came last Saturday when Forster asked him to take part in an interview with Missavage.

Pitman said he should have been asked to contribute more to the search. "I don't think the board is as intimately familiar with the public works job as I am. They said they were very satisfied with my performance so I feel my recommendation could have been helpful," Pitman said. Pitman said Missavages forte is in planning, but he claimed the town already has an adequate plannning staff. However, Union has only one other professional engineer, John Tylko, he said.

FJdrid, 65, also of Bean Hill RnaH in front of her home last Aug. 13. According to the motion, Strong rented a house on Bean Hill Road from John M. Kunzman, also of the Town of Union. At that time, Kunzman told her that Eldrid and members of his family owned property adjacent to the rental property and that they were potentially violent individuals, having shot at the Kunzmans on a previous occasion, the motion adds.

Eldrid had been convicted of reckless endangerment in connection with the shooting, and Kunzman doubted his emotional stability, the motion states. The motion further states that Strong and her daughter were subsequently victims of "a systematic reign of terror carried out by the Eldrid brothers." Shortly after Strong and her daughter moved in to the rental property, she constantly observed members of the 2,71 Watchin8 her through binoculars." according to the He added that the national health policy may eventually include a form of national health insurance, but he said that insurance by itself cannot solve all the problems that have led to public dissatisfaction. sion, an undetermined amount of cash and 29 quarts of whiskey were taken from the restaurant. In other court action yesterday, David A. Hollister, 27, of 21 Robinson Binghamton.

pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary in full satisfaction of a charge of possessing stolen property and was released on five years probation. Hollister was indicted by a Broome County grand jury on two seperate indictments. He was accused of being in possession of $750 in savings bonds stolen in July from the home of Fanny Brooks. 213 Chenango Binghamton. On Thursday two men were each By MARK MILLER Broome County Public Defender Peter L.

Yellin said in papers filed in County Court this week that a county grand jury may not have had all the facts when it indicted Roberta Strong for the August murder of Lawrence D. FJdrid. Yellin motion in the, murder case asks County Judge Stephen Smyk to dismiss the two counts of second-degree murder against Strong and to let the district attorney's office resubmit the case to another grand jury. Yellin said he wants the case to be presented to a new grand jury because of information uncovered during an investigation by the public defender's office. Both Yellin and Dist.

Atty. Patrick D. Monserrate last night declined comment on the motions. Yellin said in one of the motions that Strong, 33, Bean Hill Road. Town of Union, was afraid that she and her daughter were in danger when she shot "Because national health insurance has been talked about so much, and because it has been held out by so man as an answer to these problems, most people now believe that it is the answer," McHugh said.

RJa 11 1-1 national neaitti insurance is not near, McHugh says STAFF PHOTO IV KNH MYRAI officers. The deer died while it was being transported to a place where it was to be set free. Robert F. Rogers, enforcement officer for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said last night the widely publicized incident in New Paltz forced the department to change some of its regulations concerning the sheltering and ownership of deer. Rogers said the department regulations now stipulate that an injured deer must be taken to a veterinarian who in turn must complete a form stating whether the deer is in need of human assistance in order to survive.

The department periodically investigates the condition of injured deer being kept by people and eventually may require another examination by a veterinarian. Should someone wish to gain permanent possession of a deer the request must be approved by the state environmental conservation commissioner, Rogers said. Donnelly said he is willing to let the deer go when it is able to take care of itself. But for now, he said, he will keep it in the shed, out of the cold, and out of the reach of dogs. "I'd hate to see him get shot, and I'm a deer hunter," Donnelly said.

"It kind of turns me against hunting." "How could I pull the trigger and be looking in those big brown eyes and be thinking, 'Maybe that's the deer I Cheevers said the majority of the town board wanted Missavage as soon as it became obvious that he could replace Pitman. Cheevers said the board felt it was not necessary to interview local applicants for the job because they knew Missavage's qualifications were better. He said the town interviewed more than 80 applicants at great expense before hiring Pitman. He said he questioned the sense of going through the whole process again. "With Missavage we're pretty certain he's going to stay a long time.

It was unfair to the taxpayers to wait four years to get Pitman, You can't wait for a man like Missavage to wait around forever until the town gets around to offer a job," Cheevers said. motion. She also saw a car, believed to be owned by the Eldrids, patrolling the road immediately adjacent to the front of her property and on her property, the motion adds. Strong suspected that the Eldrid brothers "were maintaining a vigil" outside her home, the motion says. In fear of her life, she contacted the State Police in Kirkwood and asked for their assistance.

"It appears that when the state trooper arrived at the defendant's (Strong) home, he inspected the exterior of the premises and observed what appeared to be smudge marks on the windowsill immediately outside the defendant's bedroom window," the motion maintains. The trooper told Strong to call him should there be any future incidents and to keep her drapes drawn at night. A Town of Union dog warden also contacted Strong, according to the papers, and found "what appeared to be footprints in the dirt directly under the defendant's bedroom window." the motion states. The motion adds that Strong and her landlord's son, on the day of FJdrid's death, went out on patrol in an attempt to definitively identify Eldrid and then bring charges against him. During that patrol, the motion maintains.

Strong heard noises and saw a shadow. Strong saw what she believed was a man holding a gun and called out for him to identify himself, according to the defense papers, but the man simply responded with a threat on her life. Strong then shot at the shadow, the motion states. sentenced on separate drunk-drivine charges. Eugene A.

Dempsey, 48, of Conklin Road, Conklin, was released on a three-year conditional discharge after he pleaded guilty to driving with more than .1 per cent blood-alcohol. Smyk accepted Dempsey's plea in full satisfaction of a seperate indictment charging him with driving while intoxicated as a felony. James H. Goetz. 34.

of 1108 North St. Endicott, was released on five years' probation after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of driving while intoxicated. i STAFf PHOTO IT MNM MTtAl (U a. tl hf ihaP school at yesterday's reunion. yesterday' Ruthe Baxter Lee still is at East Junior after 35 years.

After receiving a gift from the school and the keys to the city from Libous. she said she has no intention of retiring. Libous was followed by two other well-known East graduates; State Senate Majority Leader Warren M. Anderson, class of 1929, and Assemblyyman James R. Tallon.

Tallon drew one of the biggest laughs of the evening when he commented about fus junior high ambitions. "When I left East Junior when I was 15. all I wanted was for Elvis Presley to come to Binghamton." Presley, will be at the Veterans Memorial Arena May 27, only Zl years late. City man convicted of heroin count RvMlRir UMtrn By MARK MILLER By MARY STILLWELL Edward J. Donnelly of Dunbar Road, West Windsor, has been a deer hunter for several years, but last night he began thinking of dropping that sport.

Yesterday morning, Donnelly rescued a yearling Whitetail buck from two dogs who apparently were about to kill it. The deer ran off when Donnelly chased the dogs away. Then minutes after he turned toward his home, Donnelly said he felt something nudge the back of his knee. The deer had decided to follow Donnelly home. "At first I was a little scared," Donnelly said.

"I thought he might bite me. Then I just thought, "This is The deer, which Donnelly later named "Bambi," is a young buck about three feet tall. The deer suffered some cuts as a result of the tussle with the dogs, both of whom Donnelly said were larger than the deer. But by late yesterday afternoon, the deer had dined on oats, endive, carrots and apples and appeared energetic when brought from a shed behind Donnelly's trailer to meet a reporter. Donnelly contacted the Broome County Sheriff's department yesterday afternoon and an officer told him to keep the deer until a conservation officer could be contacted.

About three years ago a family in New Paltz adopted a young deer but was forced to give it up to state conservation McManus by ANITA KNOPP Responding to complaints from officials at Broome Community College, A Broome County jury yesterday found a 32-year-old Binghamton man guilty of burglary and possession of heroin after a two-day trial in County Court. James Johnson, 25 Gerard will be sentenced March 30 on charges of third-degree burglary and fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. The jury found that last December Johnson burglarized Korba's Restaurant. 20 Lake Binghamton and was in possession of 38 bags of heroin when arrested by Binghamton police officers. According to police reports, a televi calms BCC storm ni Accidents cut IRS staff Rep.

Matthew F. McHugh. D-Ithaca, last night said a national health policy is needed before Congress can consider national health insurance. Speaking to the Broome County Medical Society at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, McHugh listened to some physicians voice fears that the U.S. might encounter problems similar to those they feel European countries have encountered with various forms of national health insurance.

McHugh told the physicians that the U.S. national health policy and its stance on national health insurance need not be identical to those of its European neighbors. "Members of Congress are going to have to take some action, and I just want to see that it is the right action," he said. McHugh said there is widespread dissatisfaction with the existing health care system. He told the medical society that the primary cause of this dissatisfaction is escalating medical costs.

month-old administration. He said it may take more time for officials at the college, who complained about the practices at a board meeting Thursday, to become accustomed to his new administration. BCC President Peter Blomerley told the college's board of trustees it has become more difficult for the school to have travel allowances approved and it is harder to fill vacancies because of the county's hiring policy. McManus said his new policies require that trips be justified before they are taken and approval be given before vacant positions are filled. "I can appreciate their concerns." he said.

"It is a new administration. We have only been here three months and we are looking at things a bit differently than the former administration." He said college officials several times recently have submitted travel requests the same day or a day after a trip. He said in one case the request was put in the same day the employe left and the employe was later involved in a minor accident. The travel request was approved, but McManus said the employe would have had a difficult time with insurance claims if the it had not. He said he just wants to be assured the trips are necessary.

McManus said he didn't understand the BCC administrator's complaints about the hiring policy. He said there have not been any vacancies at the college in the last three months. McManus' new policy requires that as positions become vacant through attrition, they be reviewed to determine if they are necessary. Blomerly complained the policy didn't allow for the school to hire a teacher needed in a short time. McManus countered the policy is not that inflexible and the county would' allow for emergency hirings.

PTr-r-T' AAk. son, Robert, and his granddaughter Broome County Executive Donald L. McManus yesterday defended the budgetary and hiring policies of his three- sion on Interstate 81 involving nine cars and a bus near Whitney Point. Genevieve T. Muir.

one of the three taxpayer service representatives on the staff, was in fair condition last night in Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City after being struck by a car hi Binghamton on Wednesday. A manager at the IRS office said he did not know how soon the women would return or whether substitute staff would be hired during their absence. DAVID POPPICK own way- IA ing with village officials about more than $20,000 in renovations needed for Ideal's intensive care-coronary care unit. SUIN'Y biology prof pets federal grants Two three-year grants totaling $255,183 have been awarded Alex Shrift, professor, biological sciences at SUNY Binghamton. by the National Institute of Health.

One grant, for $128,859. will support Shrift's study of selenium metabolism in higher plants and bacteria The second grant, for $126,324, will fund research on selenium as a mkronutrient in human cells. Selenium is a nonmetallic toxic substance related to sulfur and tellurium. The Bin eh am ton Internal Rpvenne Service staff had a bad spate of luck Thursday that could present frustrations for citizens who still need help with their 1040 forms. Three members of the IRS staff are in local hospitals following two different auto accidents, less than three weeks before the April 15 filing deadline for most personal income tax returns.

Jacqueline Krummenaker, of Apalachin. and Lucretia Yeomans, the staff only two secretaries, were among the injured in the colli Ideal must pay Continued "I'm convinced that if there is any way they possibly can, they will repay the money like they have in the past. This year their cash position simply has not allowed them to pay." Caldwell said. Heath said the hospital wants to repay the $359,000. but said it depends on reimbursements.

Heath although he admitted Ideal is still in a cash pinch said the hospital plans to come up with its own money tc meet a $300,000 employes' retirement payment due in June. Hospital officials also have been talk from of East Junior celebrates 50th i Deboroh all graduates of East Junior High School admire a Both the son and granddaughter of August Mohr. 66. of 127 Moeller Binghamton. one of the handful of Class of 1927 members in the audience, attended East Junior.

So much has changed. Robert Mohr. 39. of Zimmer Road. Kirkwood.

noted before the ceremonies began, between the time of his graduation in 1953 and his daughter's entering East Junior last fall. Languages once were taught only in the high school, he said But Deborah, 12, a seventh grader from Ely Park, already is studying German. All the teachers probably have changed, too, Mohr speculated, except perhaps Mrs. Lee. He was right By BARB VAN ATTA It was as though anyone who was anyone from East Junior High was there in the school auditorium last night, proud to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the school first graduating class There were Binghamton politicians who once tramped the halls, members of the first graduating class in 1927, a teen-aged chorus line costumed like flappers all part of the celebration which featured speeches and a trip through the school'i history, using dances and slides.

Many of the audience members knew East Junior as a family tradition, such as Binghamton Mayor Alfred Libous. Cass of 1943. who said he had watched five children follow his footsteps..