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Tel 9424831 Bangor Daily News Wednesday January 23 1963 HANCOCK Retired Astronomer Predicts Center Line Of July Eclipse In Maine Areas i 4 Weather Forecast Rep Earles Dies As Car Rams Tree A-y plotted the predicted center line (proceeds to a point 2 miles north-in an effort to point up areas east of the causeway crossing where the observation will he end of -Sebasticook Ike -best I Farther along it skirts the According to Merriam the cen- northeast bank of Etna Pond and ter line enters Maine in a remote crosses Route 100 half a mile area of northern Franklin County northeast of the railroad bridge and remains over sparsely set- in Carmel Much of Maine will suddenly be plunged into darkness late in the afternoon of July 20 in one of the most spectacular of nature's wonders a total eclipse of the sun by the moon Predicted path of the total eclipse extending generally southeast from Megantic Que to the Bar Harbor is 55 miles wide at the Canadian border and 53 miles wide as it passes over Bat Harbor on its way to the Atlantic Within this path duration of totality will be about 62 seconds at the Canadian border and 59 seconds in the Bar Harbor area Duration of totality however will diminish gradually as one moves away from the center It is along this center line that scientific parties already are selecting high elevation observation sites in anticipation of the celestial display Using data provided by the Maine Department of Economic Development Carroll Merriam of Prospect Harbor a retired geologist and astronomer has tied areas until it reaches the settlement of Pleasant Pond near The Forks in Somerset County Pleasant Pond which lies directly on the center line already has been selected by and a magazine published by the Harvard College Observatory at Cambridge Mass as its eclipse headquarters From Pleasant Pond the center line proceeds through Dimmick Pond and passes 4 mile northeast of Bald Mountain Station Crossing Kingsbury Pond a half mile west of Kingsbury it continues for a direct hit on Cambridge It crosses Route 154 midway between Ripley and West Ripley passes through Corinna 3 mile southwest of the railroad crossing Passing directly through the crossroads at North Newport it (III 1 I1 Sbsdiog indicate area ot precipitation Isobar (aolld olaca uneat art line ol equal presiure and lorm preaeure patterns which control tr flow Number at end of these lines show blab temperature axoected Wind are counter clockwise toward center cl low pressure systems and clockwise and U-M Trustees Plead For Budget Cut Restoration A GIFT IN VICUNA President Kennedy looks at a vicuna poncho Tuesday in the White House cabinet room as it is presented to him by Carlos Manuel Muniz right the Argentine Foreign Minister They then settled down to serious talk as Muniz continued his round of Washington conferences with high-ranking administration officials The visitor is in the capital on a four-day visit (AP Wirephoto) (Continued from Page 1) A 1938 graduate of Bates College Earles was a World War II veteran He came to the legislature first in 1957 and served three consecutive terms the third as House chairman of the Judiciary Committee lie ran for the Senate In I960 and was defeated in the Republican primary He returned to the House this year was assigned to membership on the Committee on" Legal Affairs In the 1959 session Earles gained respect not only for his activity on the i a nt Judiciary Committee but also as an advocate or opponent of legislation on the floor of the House A soft-spoken man tall balding slightly hard of hearing and in uncertain health because of his wartime service Earles commanded attention when he spoke His speeches were serious and without oratory but were often enlivened by flashes of wry humor He was mentioned by a legislative columnist that year as the House member who had most dis-tmguished himself The writer Leonard -J Cohen of Portland said: persuasive witty he gained a reputation as a speaker who could influence the House and who commanded respect even when he lost Gov Reed said in a statement he was shocked and saddened by the tragedy Earles and I formerly served together in the Legislature where he was a dedicated and respected member" the governor said State House family joins me in mourning the untimely loss of a friend and man who served his constituency and the entire State of Maine well during his career in public Rep Bradford Wellman R-Bangor the House majority lead er said the House will feel the loss of valuable legislator in his fourth session It is a loss to state government to lose a man with that kind of Speaker David Kennedy commented that members are shocked and saddened by the tragic news of the accident Rep Earles was an able and conscien tious legislator always having in mind the best interests of the people of Maine a truly dedicated citizen and For a short distance it runs parallel to Route 69 at the outlet of Patten Pond It passes very close to the junction of Routes 202 and 69 at West Hampden and crosses Route 1A at the Penoj scot-Waldo County line After crossing the Penobscot River at Cove-it goes directly over South Orrington As it passes through die Bucks port area it passes just northeast of Jacob Buck Pond and 3 northeast of the East Bucksport Church It brushes die southwest tip of Rocky Pond and crosses Route 1 22 miles east of the Orland-EHsworth line at Birch Grove Cemetery in West Ells worth About a mile farther east the central line is very nearly tangent to a curve in the road near Motel Route 230 is intersected 39 miles south of its junction with Route 1 in Ellsworth and Route 3 is crossed 7 mile south of the Trenton Drive-In Theater The line crosses Mount Desert Narrows at Point and is almost coincident with Route 3 for about a mile just before reaching Salisbury Cove After passing Hulls Cove the line again becomes practically coincident with Route 3 up to the beginning of the Bar Harbor business district which it cuts diagonally across passing very near the headquarters of Acadia National Park It goes out to sea through Cromwell Cove just grazing the southern tip of Egg Rock and missing the parking space at Schoodic Peninsula by only 12 miles The southern edge of the path of totality may be determined by taking a Maine map and drawing a line from a point about four miles northeast of the junction of the Maine New Hampshire and Quebec borders through the town of Stonington on the coast This line will pass just northeast of Waterville and just south of Belfast The northern edge of the totality path runs from Armstrong Que to Jonesport passing just south of Rockwood on Moose-head Lake It also passes through Milo and Columbia where it crosses Route 1 in Washington County Exact jime of the mid-eclipse will be "5 42 pm Eastern Daylight Time at the Canadian border 5 4430 at Bar Harbor Test Ban Delegates Are Silent outward from high pressure areas Forecasts and data for map are based on official United State Weather Bureau reports Almanac Sun Rises 706 Sun Sets 4-35 Length 9 29 Increase :35 High Tides 9 26 a 9 51 pm Low Tides 3:13 a 338 Zones 1 and 2: Small craft warnings remain displayed along the coast Wednesday mostly fair and cold with high temperatures near 20 Fair and continued cold Wednesday night followed by increasing cloudiness late at night Low temperatures near zero Thursday cloudy and continued cold with a chance of snow developing Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph Wednesday becoming gentle variable Wednesday night Zones 3 4 and 5: Wednesday partly cloudy and cold with occasional snow flurries High temperatures in the teens Wednesday night fair and continued cold Low temperatures 5 below to 15 below Thursday increasing cloudiness and continued cold with a chance of snow developing late in the day Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph Wednesday becoming gentle variable Wednesday night Zones 5 and 6 (Houlton and Caribou) Falling temperatures and windy with gradual clearing and becoming clear and very cold Wednesday night with temperature near 20 below Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 miles an hour with higher gusts and 10 to 15 miles an hour Wednesday night Temperatures By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather Reports: Dial 942-2150 Togo Leader Not Armed Wife Says AGOUE Dahomey (UPD-The widow of assassinated President Sylvanus Olympio of Togo said Monday he was unarmed when shot by rebellious Togolese soldiers behind the Embassy in the capital city of Lome The eyewitness account on the events of Jan 13 by Mrs Olympio contradicted the official find a way to restore the needed funds but if this is not done we shall be forced to make far-reaching changes in the plans for the President To Explain School Plan WASHINGTON (AP)-President aid-to-education proposals will be spelled out in a special message he will send to Congress next Tuesday he told Democratic congressional leaders Tuesday The President did not discuss details with the group at its weekly breakfast chat at the White House Some members described the plan as broad package with compromises but somewhat similar to proposals that bogged down in Congress last year The fullest outline of the President's plan was provided by Sen Hubert Hupmhrey D-Minn the deputy Senate majority leader House Speaker John McCormack D-Mass told newsmen he expected the recommendations to resemble last proposals (Continued from Page 1) tees Crossland said he knew alumni as well as the public at large would be and if there could be no increases in enrollment University President Lloyd Elliott called to the attention of the trustees the danger of back into a posture where the university may lose accreditation for some of its academic He said some divisions of the university were in danger of losing their accreditation a few years 8go but increased state support had greatly improved this situation Must Keep Pace Collins said he spoke against the elimination of all new programs and services seems to me" he said if the university is to keep pace with the times in which we and if it is to offer the kinds of research and services which business and industry in this state we must not cut these new endeavors from the state universe ity's program Research of this kind is urgently needed to attract new industries to the state" Collins said the discussion Tuesday covered such areas as the critical needs of the libraries at the Orono and Portland campuses proposed plans to offer service courses for business and industry the interest by far more students in foreign languages mathematics and science the proposal by the school of forestry to expand its services and research programs for the forest products industries: and the plans to provide 90 per cent of the teachers for the high schools Collins said the board discussed the steps which it might take to bring to the attention of the legislature the seriousness of the situation and made plans for the presentation of the 1963-65 financial program at the legislative hearing are still hopeful" he said the legislature may Parachutes Can Travel Upwards Too NEWBURY (AP)-Every-body knows a parachute is a nice thing to come down with if there" without a plane But a quartet of New England college students knows you can go up with a parachute too After been going on this winter on the ice of Lake Sun-apee car-chuting (as they call it) may become a collegiate craze Dave Arnold 23 of Windsor Conn Bill Siegendorf 2) of Clifton NJ John Dorsey 20 of New Bronx and Jay Hills 20 of Newton Mass are devotees of the new sport and will demonstrate it at Lake Sunapee Sunday when a crowd gathers to watch horse harness- racing on the ice The four are fraternity brothers at Henmker (NH) College The art of car chuting is so simple says former Navy sky diver Dave Arnold the team leader that "even my kid sister has been up there" As demonstrated by Arnold something like riding in a kite pulled by a car The youths modify a target jumping chute with a few holes for control purposes Then the chutist harnesses up A couple of buddies hold it facing into the wind so it will billow out Grabbing a 100 foot towline hitched to a truck jeep or car he follows along as it gradually gains speed and presently he is airborne At a speed of 15 miles an hour or so he can reach 50 to 60 feet elevation by maneuvering his lines elevate or lower himself zig-zag and stay up as long as room to maneuver When the vehicle slows he floats earthward The car- chutists say a soft landing is the most difficult technique to master (Continued from Page 1) reservations with any optimism They noted a wide range of other issues remain to be solved in the East-West negotiations which have been going on in one form or another since 1958 State Department press officer Lincoln White touched on one of the issues when he was asked about Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A statement Monday that France must be included in a test-ban pact White noted that the treaty proposed by the United States calls on the signatories cooperate in encouraging other states to But he said the US focus now is on seeking agreement among the atomic Big the United States Soviet Union and Britain The State Department spokesman said the United States certainly try to bring in France" now vigorously pursuing independent atomic development if an agreement is reached And "by the same token we would undertake to that the Russians bring in their Red Chinese colleagues he said US authorities suggested that Gromyko was fortifying the Soviet bargaining and propaganda position by restating Moscow's insistence on such participation Gromyko did not mention Red China which is also reported to be working on atomic force US officials noted that under the American proposal no nation signing the treaty would remain bound by the ban if any other or out of the treaty-set off a nuclear explosion The investment in agriculture represents $21300 for each farm worker compared with less than $16000 for each worker in manufacturing version Vven by Sgt Etienne Eya-daema 27 who fired the fatal shots and the insurrectionary committee which carried out the coup Eyadeama said Olympio fired at the soldiers when they came to arrest him and then tried to escape after they caught him hiding in a lorry behind the US Embassy residence adjoined the embassy in Lome But Mrs Olympio emphatically denied that her husband fired the first shot had no pistol His old hunting gun was in my room all the time It is a complete lie that he she said Mrs Olympio said she saw her husband captured and marched off with his arms upraised in surrender thought he was safe and 1 rushed downstairs and out the front door to try to get around the block and tell him he should go to the (military) she said soldiers stopped me but I ran past them and then I heard three or four Pah pah pah I thought they might be shooting at our party supporters but I ran to the embassy gate and there was Sylvanus lying on the ground with his eyes open said papa speak to but he did she said Olympio was shot three tunes In the chest according to the official account His body was found outside the embassy by the TJS ambassador GosidUu HEARING Worn In the Ear! Vl'rn ri 4" 4 i wonder hearing smallest in is worn in the ear No outside cords tubes or wires of any kind Weighs only l5th of an ounce Better hearing for men women for every occasion SOIJOTONB 8 HARLOW ST TEL 945-5177 EXCLUSIVE at THE STORES BELOW Salem China Beautiful BISCAYNE Farm Home WeekTo Get Wider Scope (Continued from Page 1) 1 to 4 has scheduled at least three sessions which they feel will be of general interest to all Maine citizens Each will be held immediately after the noon lunch period while all other meetings will be recessed A member of the Congressional delegation will discuss position on the national scene one day Three qualified speakers will discuss developments proposed for the Allagash and the upper St John River watersheds at another session And there will be an up to date report on Maine legislative activity for a third session All these meetings will be open and interested citizens will be welcome Other innovations will be added from time to time which will be intended to make the programs of general interest School Row May Flare At Warren (Continued from Page 1) ren residents voted 373-338 not to reject a vote of May 22 which had authorized selectmen to borrow up to $120000 to build a high school here Approved By Voters The May 22 motion to build had been approved by voters by a 352-321 count but had been opposed vigorously until the July 9 voting by a group known as tlie Committee for Better Education Persons against the construction of a new high school bids for which were recently nnened are in favor of sending Warren high school students to Thomas-ton where a new high school is presently under construction The controversy which has raged over the issue has virtually split the town in half for the past two years UP-TO-DATE BANKING SERVICE in jldasMoned Style THIS WEEK I SAUCER EARTHQUAKE HITS VILLAGE ALBANILLA Spain (UPD-The 32nd earthquake less than two months rocked this southeastern Spanish village Monday Stones toopled from an ancient Moorish castle on to houses below but no casualties were reported THE ELBARINO RESTAURANT 49 Pickering Square NOW OPENED under new management IMAGINE I EACH PIECE ONLY c'lcr Here at our bank we offer the convenience of all modem banking services under one joof plus old-fashioned friendly interest in you and your family Join this "cracker-barrer brotherhood No dues except good will welcome your account EASTERN TRUST and BANKING COMPANY 2 STATE STREET BANGOR MAINE With Each $500 Food Purchaio SAVE ON ANY LEATHER OR SUEDE COAT Wa have just marked this group of Coats down $1000 from regular telling price ii Regular price from $2995 up Investigations have shown that old heavily upholstered pieces of furniture produce an irritant dust The Allergy Foundation of America suggests spraying such furniture with an oil-in-water emulsion DRIVE-IN FACILITIES STATE AND FERN STREETS HAMMOND AND ALLEN STREETS Savo up to 87 of actual value on thi magnificent dinnorware A different piece featured each week You can build a service fer six eight twelve or more angor Shop Save 3RD AND UNION STS Hied White' BELFAST I Orono Shop Save INSTALLMENT LOAN AGENCY 73-75 CENTRAL STREET BRANCH OFFICES OLD TOWN MACHIAS THE BANGOR DAILY NEWS Wttneilii January 21 IMS Publtetied Momma except BunNay er Bangor Piihlluhln Ml Mala Street Bangor Maine TL Bangor N3-4MI Second ae ponage paid at Bangor Maine I per top? in weetly By earner By mall Btata ol Metne 11100 yearly A 50 month! 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