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SECOND SECTION SCHENECTADY, N.Y., 12301, TUESDAY.MORNING, MAY 2, 1967
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Leader In
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Circulation
Smith to Run
For Glenville
Supervisor
Would-Be Stowaway
Routed by C97 Crew
Editor's Note:' Here is the
Scotia Mayor Harry.A. Smith l ^ i ^
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is the Democratic candidate for
porter Pete Jacobs, who has
been covering a round-trip
cargo mission to Australia by
the / 109th Military- Airlift
Group, New York Air Nation-
Glenville supervisor.
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"In good conscience," the
mayor said last night, "I couldi a f Guard based at the Schen-
not resist the draft movement e c t a d v C o u n t y Airport." It
that was organized to urge me c o v e r s ( h e r e l u n i n i g h l f r o m
to be the candidate. . r Hi ckam Air Force Base.
The draft-Smith movement, H a w a j i e n r Q u t e t Q T r a v i s
was started several days agoj , A F B Ca Uf ^ t d j t c h
by a group of Democrats en-r m h {. , , f ^
couragmg him to seelc the town lrin ( p n m - ^ ; ; l c , n \ h o i l ;
position.
"Until,' this draft movement
started, I did not contemplate
being a candidate for any office.
.However, after deliberating. I
believe i t is my duty to offer
to serve as supervisor of the
entire Town of Glenville, of
which Scotia is a part. "
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Continuing with the announce-
ment of his candidacy, Smith
said, "The supervisor to be
Elected this November will no
longer represent the town on
the county board. His duties will
be confined solely to town
affairs . . .
trip from" Travis to Schenc-
tady.
ONE OF 5 VICTIMS The body of one of the five'victims
of art apparent multiple shooting and suicide is carried from
the house in the Town of Halfmoon, Saratoga County, where
the bodies were found Sunday night. Police, who discovered
(Gazette PhotoSid Brown)
Mr, and Mrs. Roy J. Bell and their three children dead of
gunshot wounds, determined that the mother killed the rest
of the family with a .357-caliber Magnum revolver and then
turned the weapon ort herself.
Halfmoon Investigation Discloses-
Fam ily,
. By PETE JACOBS
RETURN TO TRAVIS, April
30 One of the engines started
and the hatches were closed
when one of the crew said Jie
thought a Hickam maintenance
man was still aboard.
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Another crew member said
someone was in the latrine. He
banged oh the door and there
was no answer. So he banged
again. The fellow came out of
the latrine and the two alert
crewmen asked him what he
"I believe that, as supervisor, j w a s d o i n g i n t h e r e a t t a k e . o f f
L can bring about completeI time.
HALFMOON An attractive
mother, described by neighbors
as quiet but friendly, fatally
shot her husband and . their
three children, then killed her-
self in the family home near
Clifton Park, State Police de-
termined yesterday afternoon.
Capt. S. A. Chieco, head of
the Bureau of Criminal Investi-
gation unit at Loudonville, said
Mrs. Marie Bell, 31, shot her
huiband, Roy Joseph Bell, 33,
and children, someltffle during
the weekend in their two-story
frame house off Route 148, just
east of Route 9.
Their bodies were discovered
about 9 p.m. Sunday in the
three bedrooms, of the "home
All members of the family were
clad in pujamas. .
Trie three children, whtf at-
tended '"fcfiehiriaenowa Central
School in Clifton ' Park, - were
Roy Joseph Jr. , 13; Cheryl
Jean,. 11, and fcyrjh Marie, 7.
Capt. Chieco said autopsies
performed earlier yesterday de-
termined that Mrs. Bell fired
the< weapon, a .357-caliber mag-
num revolver, which was found
in the couple's bedroom. He
said there was no evidence of
a struggle.
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State Police hinted that a
note was found, but under law
are unable to reveal the
contents. /
No one i nJhe quiet residential
neighborhood reported hearing
shots during the weekend- Many
of the residents termed the
Bells " a
;
happy family," and
expressed shock over the
shooting
1956 as a maintenance man in
the land and building depart-
ment, where his co-workers de-
scribed him as "a fine worker
. . popular with everybody."
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The tragic discovery was
made by state police from the
Malta substation, about "5,p.m.
Sunday. They were called to in-
vestigate when the family did
not respond to telephone calls
and were not seen around the
premises, although the Bells'
two autos were parked in the
garage and driveway, authori-
ties said. : - '
Paul Parent of West Crescent
who is.married to Bell's sister,
went to the home Sunday eve
ning, looked into the first floor
of the two-story dwelling, and
asked a' next door neighbor,
George Bloodgood, to ,summon
state police. Parent apparently
became alarmed that the family
was not about, although, their
autqs were parked on the pro-
perty.
State police said when they
arrived at t he, scene about 9
p.m. the house was - secured,
and focusing their flashlights
into the kitchen window, they
spotted evidence of blood stains
around' the room, and then
forced their way into the home.
State police found the five bodies
in the four upstairs bedrooms.
In one bedroom, seven-year-
old Lynn Marie was found with
two large bullet wounds. In an-
other bedroom Roy "Joseph, 13,
lay mortally, wounded from a
single round, and the father and
Cheryl Jean, II, were- discov-
ered sprawled on the floor.
One of the heavy rounds struck i fishing trip Fr i day night, but
Bell in the head, and two en-1 then postponed it until Satur-
tered one Of his shoulders.
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Mrs. Bell, 31, had wounded
herself superficially with the
first shot, and with a second
bullet,. pierced her spine'.
Authorities indicated that both
of Mrs. Bell's wounds were in
the chest area.
The pistol had been registered
to Bell. One official pointed out
that a, shot gun and a rifle
along with ammunition was also
in the home. The pistol was a
six-shot weapon, indicating that
the mother had reloaded the
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Authorities believe the shoot-
ing occurred late Friday night
or early Saturday morning.
Relatives said the Bell fam.
day. The Bells were natives of
the Crescent area in southeast-
em Saratoga county
The bodies were removed to
the Ellis Hospital in Schenec-
tady where the autopsies were
performed. The funeral services
will be announced by the Hawk
funeral home in Schaghticoke.
Saratoga County Coroner Har-
old L. Hall last night issued a
verdict of murder in t he. hus-
band and children's, death, and
suicide in Mrs." Bell's death.
Heading the investigation was
Captain S. A. Chieco of the BCI
in the -Loudonville headquarters
for Troop "G. " Assisting were
Captain G. R. Abare, Inspect
Harney La Bar and several
cooperation between the town
and village governments. This
would benefit the entire area. "
Smith, who was elected mayor
in 1966 when making "his first
bid for a public office, promised
" a ' forward-looking, business-
like administration . . . if we
(the Democratic^ sl at eal l of
which has- not yet been an-
nounced) are elected ; . .
"I intend to conduct a vigorous
campaign based solely on the
is^ies, which, will point out the
deficiencies in our town govern-
ment and how we can attain
better town government," he
concluded.
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As Smith's - term as mayor
does not expire until next
spring, he will not have to re-
sign his Scotia post unless he
becomes the next Glenville
supervisor.
In November he will be facing
the winner of the June 20 -Re-
publican primary between Coun-
cilman Gilbert E. Smith Jr. and
James L. Crispino.
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Holy Thursday Masses
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The man in the latrine simply
replied, "Nothing, nothing," and
ambled off the plane. A couple
of the crew members figured
that fellow either was caught
in a real difficult situation or
was trying to hook a ride. They
liked the latter explanation
best, so the man from the
1 air ineJbeca nie _o ur anonymous
would-be stow-away.
' -We left' Hickman at 1:50 in
the morning with most of the
crew pleased at the prospect
of only spending one more
r" t away from home after
being gone 10 days.
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Flying into the path of the
sun, our night was short. Capt.
D.onald MacDonald of 1494 New
Scotland Road, Slingerlands,
our copilot, noticed the eastern
horizon w a s turning gray.
That'll be the sun, he said.
Capt. MacDonald was in the
Air Force five years and has
been in the Air Guard 11*years
but he still gets pleasure out of
flying-, v " .<.
The cockpit was qiijet except
for the soft cbrone of the en-
gines while we talked a little
1" about flying. The sky below
everything looked clean and
new, as MacDonald put it. He
remarked how most people
don't know what they're miss-
ing by not being able to see a
sunrise or sunset from an air-
plane.
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MacDonald is a virus re-
search scientist for the state
health department in Albany
and he says flying gives him a
change of pace"different kind
of challenge."
Things happen fast in an air-
plane, he said, and j t ' s a dif-
ferent kind of challenge than
looking into a microscope. "It' s
teamwork too. You have four or
five heads working together.
You can never understand wha.t
its^ like coming through a
clo'ud," he said, speaking of his
personal satisfaction.
MacDonald likes to bring
souvenirs home to his wife
Betty Jqe, and hfe four children.
He got a kick out of,an experi-
ence he had in Nandi. He
bought a fancy, brown -wooden
sword. It looked so fancy that
MacDonald asked the salesman
what it's fancy name was. "It
doesn't have a fancy name," the
man said. "I wouldn't kid you
captain, it's just a sword." It
turned, out the sword was made
in Japan.
We touched down at 2 in the
afternoon,with 9,000 pounds of
cargo, new and repairable, to
be used in the flying business.
Take-off for Schenectady was
set for 1 in the morning. .
JIOBERT R. MITCHELL
City Building Inspector
Astle to Be
Sentenced in
Guilty Plea
Schenectady County Judge
Archibald C. Wemple yesterday
set May 18 for the sentencing
of Richard Astle, 25, no home
address, .who pleaded guilty to
attempted second-degree rob-
bery. _. _
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The plea "was in f u 11 satis-
faction of indictments stemming
from a Jam-20 ^burglary, at the
home, of Theodore Krystofik of
1692 Van Vraken Ave.
Astle was indicted by the Feb
Mitchell
Wins State
Position
City Building Inspector Rob-
ert R. Mitchell resigned yester-
day to accept a position with
the State Education Depart-
ment.
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Mitchell said that the resigna-
tion, submitted to City Manager
Peter F. Roan, is effective May
10.
With the State Education De-
partment. Mitchell will be a
senior building construction en-
gineer:-; He recently passed a
Civil Service examination for
that position.
. Mitchell has been Scheneo .
tady's" building" inspector si nce^^
1962. Before that City Engineer.
John W. Nagle doubled as
building inspector and engin-
eer.
Born in Scotia, Mitchell was
graduated from Scotia High
School and Rensselaer Poly-
technic Institute in 1951 with a
bachelor degree in civil engin-
eering.
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Prior to coming to-work for'
the city in 1959, he was en-
gineer at Knolls Atomic Power
ployed as a construction en-
Laboratory.
Mitchell, his wife, the former
Nancy .Whittle, and their two"
children, live on Stage Road,
Charlton. .
No successor has been named
yet to Mitchell's position.
The City of Schenectady re-
to go. on a station
DELANSON - Our Lady of
Fatima Church of Delanson will
hold masses for Holy Thursday
w a s
covered with white clouds, ruar-y-grand jury on counts of quires that the building uispec-
8 a.m. and 7:30 p n r f n i r Th
e
y stood in big stacks to our first-degree burglary, attempted tor must be a /licensed engineer
' + ' Tr ^ sides. Once in awhile we would first-degree^Jiurglary, first-de- or a registered architect-
troopers f r omj he Malta sub-j Syrian travel agencifjfare now | fly through a little piece. When] gree assault' and possession of | The job pays $9,375 to $11,423
booming.
SALE1WHITE
a t i n g W i n d o w $
Mr. Bell was employed by Cheryl Jean was killed witti a
Behr-Manning Corp. in Water- single wound, while the husband
vliet. He had worked there since land father was shot three times.
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Voters to Nam e Two
hool Bd.Today
SchenecTady school district
voters will go to the polls be-
tween noon and 9 p.m. today to
elect two out of five candidates
to seats on the Schenectady
Board of Education.
The. two candidates -elected
will serve five-year terms.
Local voters have a choice of
the following would-be board
members, Arthur S. Harris Jr.,
an' adverllslng"^eT"
e
rnP)oye--o
f
the General Electric Broad-
casting -Co.;- Harold- Wuster-
barth, present .board vice presi-
District 16
Polling Place
Disclosed
Voters in school election dis-
< trict 1 of the llth Ward will
vote today in the school board
election at the, Eastern Park-
way Methodist Church. Eastern
Parkway at Palmer Avenue.
Dr Clarence Spain, director
of research forahvYlty school*
and head of the election ar-
rangements, said information
circulated by other sources had
been mistaken in giving the
polling place as the Temple
Gates of Heaven. .
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Driver, 17,
Due in Court
Roger Sheldon. 17. of 2227
Tumor Ave. will be arraigned
m police court today on charges
of driving an unregistered mo-
tor vehicle with improper plates
and having no insurance.
The youth was arrested last
night on Campbell Avenue by
PU. J. P. McGrath.
dent; Richard G. Delia Ratta,
an attorney; Dr. John F\\?rin-
cipe, a dentist; and Mrs. Rose
H. Tischler, a housewife.
Ab o u t - 37,696 persons are
eligible to vote in today's elec-
tion but. if other years are any
indication, only a very small
minority of this figure will cast
their ballot.
I .ast jT.ar_saw-.onlv-6.191_y.oU
ing out of a total of 37.879 eli-
gible, but thjj low-figure just
the same was about twice the
amount that voted in the pre-
vious year' s election.
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This year' s campaign has
been a relatively quiet one,
with the "qnhlily" of local edu-
cation the major issue.
School Board
Will Count
Poll Returns
The Schenectady Board of
Education will canvass returns
of today's school board election
at tomorrow's 7:30 p.m. meet-
ing in the education building.
108 Union St.
Other board business will in-
clude a resolution establishing
financial support for the addi-
tion to the Oneida Junior High
School and acceptance of bids.
A resolution will bo introduc-
ed authorizing' serial bond sale
in the amount of $1,785,000 to
augment $75,000 in capital notes
already provided to finance, the
addition. v ,
Authorization will be' given
for the extension of serial bonds
and bond anticipation notes to
accommodate the $100,000 which
will be sufficient to finance site
development work at Halsey and
McKinley Schools.
I the top of the sun came lib an illegal danagerous weapon, ' in five steps.
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