aT wed Wy ey UA, Peli hepa ib by MW Ee a Photo by Dave Kozemchak right: (continued. from PAGE ONE) county! bicials. After functioning for almost two months with only two full- time police officers, a third full- time officer has been added to the borough police department. It was unanimously decided that Jim Tupper, of Dallas, will start in two weeks as a full-time officer, at a salary of $6,500, and will serve a six-months period of probation. He has met civil service requirements, it was announced. Brothers Jack and Dave Jones, who are doing develop- mental building in Dallas Borough, attended the meeting to ask for clarification of how the borough’s new capped sew- er ordinance will affect their building. Jack Jones began his , address of council by saying, A “The gxorough zoning board gave 1 "permission to build a house on Powderhorn Drive. Now it seems that the council is holding back. Why do we have a zonidg board?” Council president Jerry Machell told Mr. Jones that the borough’s recently passed cap- ped sewer ordinance requires that developers pave the street in front of erected homes, and that that is the concern of coun- cil. The portion of Powderhorn Drive in front of the lot involved is now a dirt road. Mr. Jones told the council that their zoning board is ‘no good’’, and requested the return of a $25 fee he had paid the board, because it ‘had done nothing’ for him. Councilman Pete Ar- naud told him that the zoning org give him approval for placingfa two-family dwelling in an area not specifically zoned for that type of structure, and that the $25 check, therefore, is not owed him. When Dave Jones made a re- quest about a similar construc- tion on Machell Avenue, he was told that council would seek the opinion of Atty. Lemmond on the two questions, and that the solicitor would get back to them with specific recommendations as to what they need do. Council advised the brothers, however, that they were quite sure that their construction constituted developmental work, and would therefore have to meet road- paving and sewer-capping re- gulations. Councilman Bob Brown turn- ed over information on police liability insurance to the coun- cil’s police committe for appro- _ val and for possible inclusion in ‘ next year’s budget. Council * memMgers especially showed in- : roy. the coverage of false arrest and slander suits, incor- : porated * borough police department re- : cently faced a suit by Edward { Meck, of Lehman, who claimed : that his constitutional rights ! had been abused by the borough © officers. i Cost of the insurance is $40 per man a year. The borough police department has eight re- ‘gular and special police offi- Mayor Steve Hartman chal- ! lenged some of the building per- . mit estimates which were read = ‘to council. He said that he thinks the borough “is being ishort-changed”’. The borough is ;paid permit fees based on the “estimated cost of the construe- ‘tion project. Council decided that they will ideal with the problem at an up- indicated that they would pos- sibly inform the borough build- ing inspector that he should make periodic checks of ap- proved building projects to see that they remain within the esti- mated cost. Secretary Garris reported that. the federal ‘flood and mud’’ insurance man has look- ed over the borough, and that Atty. Lemmond is working up an ordinance for adoption of the federal insurance program by Dallas Borough. Mr. Garris, as supervisor of the borough road department, advised council that <ere are no more cinders available for purchase. He, therefore asked for and was given permission to cinders the borough has stock- piled from freezing and’ lump- ing. The road department; he also noted, will be‘ using much more salt this year than they have in the past, because of the shortage of cinders. Council voted to instruct the police department to enforce anti-hitch-hiking laws in the borough, because of the recent murder of two young boys in the Scranton area. Councilmen Ar- naud and Harold Brobst ab- stained from the voting, after questioning the energy crisis and enforcement aspects of the move. Hitch-hiking on the im- proved portion of the roadway, according to state laws, is a vio- lation punishable by a $2 fine, and $5 cost, or a day in jail. The meeting was concluded by Mayor Hartman’s reading of his energy crisis proclamation, which is included in its entirety on page 1 of the Dallas Post. He announced that although no Christmas lights will be burned in the borough this year, Christ- mas signs will be placed at the honor roll at the center of Dallas and at the intersections of Routes 309 and 415. Councilman Bob Parry was absent. a oe ee ww UNUSUAL JEWELRY AND GIFTS Ie ~Yan: a Is at Hand Open Daily PEASE ee in Wyoming Valley! ~The Kingston Township Am- cently in the meeting room of the Kingston Tewnship Munici- pal Building. President Ed Carey presided at the meeting which was attended by 24 mem- bers. Highlights of the meeting included an announcement that notice had been received of Governor Shapp’s approval of the purchase of land on the Memorial Highway, where the former Township Building was, to be used by the Ambulance Association to erect a building. Mike Stanley, township secre- tary made the announcement, representing the board of supervisors. President Carey advised the members that Representative Frank O’Connell was instru- mental in securing the piece of land and was extremely helpful in following up on the paper work, which expidited the ap- proval. During the meeting, Jack Stephenson, past president of the association, presented to Thomas Schmidle, co-captain and chairman of the fund rai- sing committee, a check receiv- ed through the Luzerne County state grant, to re-imburse local ambulance associations for ser- vice to HUD trailers located in the county as temporary emer- gency housing, as a result of the Agnes flood disaster. At the meeting it was voted to use this money to initiate a pbuilding fund for the erection of the building for the township ambulance association. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has kicked off a two-fold toy safety cam- toys carefully and to remove hazardous toys from the marketplace. . Page A3 Admit to Vandalism been planted by the Lalic- Leh- man Key Club, a gift from the Back Mountain Environmental Group, were felled on two dif- ferent dates. Thirteen trees had been discovered down on the afternoon of Nov. 18; overnight cherry trees were felled, a the remaining trees were cut school bus window smashed, down. : SE pads from the football team’s ” blocking sled removed, some . school signs destroyed, and P eter Davies bulbs removed from the football scoreboard during the incident. The spokesman noted that all of the boys were Lake-Lehman students, between the ages of 14 and 16. The boys were found through the efforts of other Lake-Leh- man students and the princi- pal’s office, the spokesman not- ed. The matter has been turned over to the Lehman Township police department. The cherry trees, which had Nine or 10 boys, according to a Lake-Lehman High School spokesman, have admitted that they were responsible for the vandalism which occurred at the school during the weekend of Nov. 17-18. 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