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STATEMENT OF MAYOR IVAN ALLEN , J R . Thursday, September 8 , 196 6 10 : 00 a . m . Fire Chief C . H . Hildebrand reports this morning that 19 F i re Stations are n ow in f ull operati on and that the per s onnel total is up t o 244 . Fireme n responded to 17 a l arms during the night from 6 : 00 p . m . until 8 : 00 a . m . None of the a l arms was serious . Chief Hildebrand also reports that 10 0 pr obationary F i refighters have been d i smissed for failure to report to work as ordered. 367 other Firefighters have been suspended. All suspension citations will be mailed before the end of the day and we expect this number to represent the total of those to be suspended . The Board of Firemasters has scheduled hearings for September 19 thr ough September 23. The City Pe rs onnel Department yesterday examined 55 applicants for Firefighter positions and will continue an in nsive recruitment campaign to fill vacancies which now exist in the Fire Department. With reference to the disorders of Tuesday night in the Summerhill are , all activity seems to bebback to normal. Ten arrests were made on Wednesday afternoon in the area when s veral individuals �