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VOL. 84 NO. 48
by Russ Williams
“There’s no meeting today, and we
don’t know when the next meeting will
be,” is the word from the various parties
involved in the two inter-related Wilkes-
Barre newspaper strikes.
been striking ‘the Sunday Independent.
since/ Nov. 12. The Wilkes-Barre
Publishing Company has been struck by
the International Typographical Union,
Logal 187, since Nov. 20. Typographical
union employees of the Sunday Independ-
ent lare refusing to cross the Guild's
picket lines at the Independent; the Guild
employees of the Publishing Company
will not cross the Typographical Union’s
line.
Asked, Nov. 21, how long the Sunday
Independent strike would last, Jack
Wallace, negotiator for the Guild, joked,
“Forever and a day.” He then seriously
noted that a meeting that day had
produced ‘‘no results’, and that another
meeting was set for the 23rd.
Just before Greenstreet News press
time, Nov. 27, Paul Golias, secretary of
the Guild, told us that there is ‘‘nothing
new to report’’, and that there is no
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| Christmas carols, popular four centur-
ies ago, are ringing throughout the cam-
. gal Singers begin final rehearsals for the
! annual Christmas Madrigal, Dec. 7 and 8.
As the ‘“Wassails’’ are toned up, stu-
dents are also busy creating costumes
that look as if they have been copied from
Old English tapestries. Each of the parti-
cipants in the 16th century holiday cele-
boys to wandering minstrels, will be au-
thentically dressed for the occasion.
As liveried servants bring in the boar’s
head to mark the entree portion of the
feast, madrigal guests will be surrounded
by costumed lads and ladies who would
English manor house as the lord prepar-
ed to dine.
As Arthur says in ‘“‘Camelot’”’, ‘‘...for
one, brief, shining moment’’ the madri-
gal guests will be transported back to a
holiday celebration that included toasts,
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Two residents at the State Correctional
i Institution at Dallas (SCID) have been
charged with stabbing another resident
26 times Saturday morning before they
were subdued by guards. Using make-
shift knives, Richard O. Mayberry and
Ronald Benson in the maximum security
exercise yard, at 8 a.m.
The attackers finally stopped stabbing
the man, and dropped their weapons,
when mace was sprayed into their faces
by a SCID guard, it was learned from the
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E panded Coverage
The Greenstreet News Company,
publisher of the Dallas Post and
Mountaintop Eagle, are extending
their coverage during the current
daily newspaper shutdown to in-
clude’ as much Wilkes-Barre and
Wyoming Valley news as possible
within = staff and equipment
limitations. Individuals and
businesses within the Valley area
are urged to call 675-5211 (The
Dallas Post) or 474-5921 (The:
Mountaintop Eagle) to report news,
subscribe to the paper, or place
orders for display or classified
advertising. The Post and Eagle will -
devote every resource in continuing
to meet the news and advertising
Dallas magistrate’s office. The local
ambulance removed Mr. Benson to the
Nanticoke Hospital, with wounds to the
head, neck, back and right arm. Mr.
Benson has undergone surgery and was
listed in fair condition by the hospital
Monday. ;
Criminal complaints have “been filed
against Mr. Mayberry and Mr. Fleish-
man through Dallas magistrate Leonard
Harvey. The two men stand charged with
“criminal attempt to commit murder”,
“aggravated assault’ and “assault by a
prisoner’. Complaints were filed by
Donald L. Taylor, criminal investigator
and trooper from the Wyoming barracks
of the Pennsylvania State Police.
Trooper Taylor told the Post that he
believes all three men are originally out
of the Philadelphia area. He noted that
the police, as yet, have no idea as to what
caused the two men to attempt to take the
life of the third.
There has been conjecture that the
heavy clothing Mr. Benson was wearing
in the exercise yard, along with the fight
he put up, may have saved his life.
Mr. Mayberry is well-known to those
familiar with the state’s correctional
system, for the number of disturbances
he is alleged to have been involved in. He
is serving a long sentence, due to the
additional years that have been added to
his original sentence.
He and Mr. Fleishman were
Tuesday. The hearing will be held within
10 days of the incident, if Mr. Benson’s
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negotiating meeting scheduled.
Guild treasurer Carl Schwab indicated
that the Nov. 23 meeting resulted in a
“good money deal’ and a promise to
“talk about’ the pension plan, by the
Sunday Independent. He indicated that
trouble still existed, however, over
“some of the language of the contract’
and over the Independent’s deletion of the
five-hour work days before holidays.
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Township and Kingston Township Boards
of Supervisors in delaying a decision on
the Luzerne County Master Sewerage
Plan until more information is supplied
by the Department of Environmental Re-
sources. The DER has informed Back
Mountain communities that they must
pass an ordinance approving the Luzerne
County plan.
Kingston Township, Dallas Borough
and Dallas Township have already ac-
cepted the master sewer plan of their own
Dallas Area Municipal Author-
ity(DAMA). Dallas Borough councilmen,
like the members of the township boards,
are concerned that in accepting the
Luzerne County plan they might leave
themselves open to further work, expense
and a‘change in plans on a sewer project
they had believed finalized.
Harveys Lake Borough Council, in its
well-known feud with its own Harveys
sewer project, has thus far been much
more receptive to DER requests con-
cerning approval of the Luzerne County
plan.
Dallas Borough secretary Ralph Gar-
ris, at the Nov. 20 meeting, told council
that the Luzerne County Zoning Commis-
sion ‘is on everybody’s back for the mas-
ter plan.” He said that borough solicitor
Charles Lemmond, who was absent from
mended they look carefully into the ques-
tion before ‘‘we let them join our DAMA
system.’
opinion that the Luzerne County sewer
certain influential county officials.
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The Mountaineers still have the Old
Shoe! The Dallas High School gridders
returned the prize to their trophy case for
the fourth consecutive year after
defeating Lake-Lehman, 34-6, in the
annual Thanksgiving contest between the
two schools. The Mounts also copped the
championship title in the B Division of the
Wyoming Valley Conference for the third
year in a row.
Touchdowns by Mel Wynn, Dave
Fritzges, Tom Considine, Art Gramps,
and Pete Eckman, with conversions by
Chuck Wilson, accounted for the
Mountaineers’ score, while a pass from
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Mayor
Knights their only score.
A capacity crowd saw the Lake-
Lehman Knights receive the opening
kickoff on their own 27-yard line and
make a strong rush down the field to
score in the first five minutes of the first
quarter. Lenny Martin played a key role
in the score carrying the ball for a total of
79 yards during the game. Following the
touchdown pass from Brown to ¥all,
Yanchick’s try for the extra peini was
wide and the Knights went on the
scoreboard with six.
Yanchick’s
Yanchik’s kick was received by Eck-
man, who carried the bli to the Dallas 44
yard line... On the next play, Al
del Wynn who ‘ook the ball to the
TS 20-gandg.ine. Two plays later,
the! lightning ‘yan carried the ball 18
yards across the goal line for the first
Mountaineer score. C. Wilson’s kick was
good, and. Dallas went out in front 7-6,
Lenny Martin received Wilson's kick
Grey gained two yards on the next play;
pass was intercepted by D. Fritzges on
the Knights’ 43-yard line. Again, fleet-
footed Wynn carried the ball to inches
short of a first down. Then on a handoff
boys picked up a first down. Several
plays later, the Mountaineers with fourth
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