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Court may be next stop for Rollins helipad foes I'l The Morning News Wilmington, March 13, 1972 Christiana shore junk turns up grim cache magnitude is exceeded." Hidinger of putting private not be justified in the public THE division's decision interest ahead of public inter- interest, because it is designed brought criticism from State est, and of acting behind for private use, and will be a Rep. William T. Poulterer III, closed doors. detriment to the neighbor- R-Chapelcroft, who accused Poulterer said the pad can- hood. Staff photo- by Jodl Cobb U.S.

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BUT first, Regan said, the civic associations will push for a strict ordinance regulating helicopter landing pads now under consideration by the New Castle County Council. Under the proposed ordinance, standards and restrictions would be set for helicopter landing pads. The county Board of Adjustment would decide whether to issue permits. Regan said there have been several versions of the ordinance drafted, but none of them completely please the civic associations involved. The Rollins plans could be upset, for example, if the county set prohibitive distance setbacks from schools, business areas, or, churches, he said.

JOHN O. Hidinger, state i of transportation, said "the division must issue a license" for the helistop, but with these restrictions: Helicopter operations must be in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration visual flight rules. Only turbine engine helicopters with a maximum FAA certified gross weight of 4,000 pounds are applicable to operate from the facility. Hidinger's report was in response to protests at a public meeting in mid-February when an angry crowd of about 250 residents challenged the establishment of a helistop atop the new 15-story building. "This approval is granted under the impression that the order of -magnitude of use would be 14 times per month and the Division of Transportation reserves the right to re-evaluate the permit if this -IT.

rr. I I ZJ '-N The bones of what may have been a young man were found along the banks of the Christina River yesterday by two boys exploring a Minqmdale The bones, which officials speculated could have been there more than a year, were found about 1:15 p.m. by Paul J. Catinella of 99 Memorial Drive, Overview Gardens, and William F. Minchella of 106 Donhaven Drive, Garfield Park.

Both are 14 and attend the eighth grade at Holy Spirit School. THE boys said they spotted a skull in the tidal silt as they walked along the river behind the Ellis Drive-In Theater, about a quarter-mile from the Wilmington City limits. They took the skull to the 7-Eleven store in Garfield Park and police were notified. New Castle County police retrieved many of the lnrger bones. All the bones were located in an area about 10 feet square, near the high-tide line A representative from the state medical examiners office gathered the remains but said identification may take some time.

THE bones showed signs of decay, and observers said the body might have been on the rocky bank more than a year. Much of the skeleton was found concealed beneath two large sheets of rotten plywood, anions among broken bottles and old tires. The lower jaw was found in the mud. Many of the molars were present and showed few signs of premortal decay or dental work, indicating someone of youthful age. It was speculated that due to the size of the femurs (upper leg bones), the deceased probably was a tall male.

While some of the finger bones were found, there were no immediate signs of personal paraphernalia such as rings or a wristwatch. IT could not be immediately determined if the person died violently, although there were no outward sitms of injury to the intact skull. Many of the approximately 200 bones in the normal human body were missing, but the medical examiner's spokesman said an attempt will be made to reassemble the skeleton. The two students said they often walk near the river and look for discarded wire and other items to use in school projects. One of the boys had a length of wire and a junked transformer for use in manufacturing electrical apparatus.

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Nothing was found of the Betty Ann II. ALL three men were wearing life preservers, a clear indication that they had a warning of trouble. The Coast Guard, however, had not received any emergency radio message although the newly outfitted boat carried ship-to-shore and a citizens band radio. The Virginia medical examiner's office in Richmond said that the men had drowned, although exposure to the chilly 40-degree water had undoubtedly contributed to their deaths. There were no burns or violent injuries to any of the men.

As they gathered for the triple funeral service, Rock Hall's watermen quietly whispered to each other their theories on what had happened. They noted that the Tangier-Smith Island area of the Bay is often its most turbulent section and there was a small but violent storm on the Bay Friday night. One of the men's watches read 8:20, perhaps the time he By Douglas Watson Washington Post News Service ROCK HALL, Md. They buried three generations of Stevens men here Thursday, victims of a mysterious accident on the Chesapeake Bay. Lloyd, Kenneth and Charles Wesley Stevens grandfather, father and son drowned last week when the fishing boat they had just bought and were bringing home vanished.

Only their bodies were found. The deaths in a family that had long made its living from the Bay shocked this Eastern Shore town of 1,200 residents. There was not enough room in the green farmhouse, which serves as a funeral home, for the several hundred mourners who came to pray and to weep and to follow the three black hearses to the graveyard. THE Stevens men had gone to Newport News, last week to bring home the Betty Ann II, a used 42-foot fishing boat. It had been the dream of Kenneth, 44, and his son, Charles Wesley, 31, to own their own boat after working on boats owned by others.

Lloyd Stevens, 67, a retired truck driver who had been working as a mechanic at a marina, had joined his son and grandson in Newport News to help them bring the boat about 150 miles up the Bay to their homes here. Lloyd telephoned on the night of March 1 to tell his family everything was fine and they would be casting off in the morning. Because some more work on the boat was required, they actually didn't leave until noon Thursday, March 3. THEIR relatives had expected to receive another telephone call from the Stevens had entered the water that evening. THE watermen also speculated that the boat might have developed a leak, lightning might have struck, knocking out the boat's radios and causing leaks, or the boat may have struck a submerged object or been run over by a freighter.

Lester Meyne, owner of the Swan Creek Marina, where Lloyd Stevens worked noted that while all three men could handle themselves on the water, they didn't know the part of the Bay where their boat sank. "This was going to be their first boat," said Mayne, sadly shaking his head. Kenneth and Charles Wesley had worked on a boat owned by Lonnie Kendall of Rock Hall, who said they had been talking about buying a boat of their own for a ood part of the past year but didn't actually decide on the Betty Ann II until recently. "I think she cost them $3,500. You can't buy too much of a boat for $3,500," Kendall sail.

FIVE generations ago, Lloyd Stevens' grandfather built log canoes and fished out of Rock Hall. Lloyd's was boat builder, and the entire family lived and worked close to the water although sometimes they earned money in easier fashion from truck driving or construction work. The Bay always called them back. Now the Stevens women Daisy, wife of Lloyd and mother of Kenneth; Mrs. Harold Coleman, daughter of Lloyd and sister of Kenneth; Elsie Watson, wife of Kenneth and mother of Charles Wesley; and Kelly, 15, daughter of Kenneth and sister of Charles Wesley are left with but one Stevens man, Billy Lloyd, 11, grandson of Lloyd, son of Kenneth and brother of Charles Wesley.

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Police had speculated that the woman was killed when she surprised a burglar on the premises. No stranger to Wilmington police, Dickerson had been wanted on what police said was a "domestic" warrant at the time of his arrest. He was a also charged Saturday with burglary, apparently in connection with the ransack-; ing of Mrs. Margerum's home. DICKERSON was convicted in July 1970 of the July 1968 i beating of Walter R.

Slattery, 64, of 208 Wooddale Road, Llangollen Estates, during a robbery at Slavery's storage garage at 232 Delamore Place. Thousands of triple-tested recipes from Family Circle Kitchens! Everything from soup to dessert! Cut the high cost of repairs, decorating, and home 1000 articles, indoor out-door projects! A Wilmington man was in Delaware Correctional Center near Smyrna last night being held without bail in connection with the slaying of a retired Bible saleswoman who lived in the apartment below his. Randolph E. Dickerson, 28, of 2423 Tatnall was charged Saturday morning with first-degree murder in the death of Mrs. Phyllis V.

Margerum, 63, of the same address Dec. 10, 1971. Police said Dickerson occupied the third-floor apartment of the house and Mrs. Margerum lived on the second floor. DICKERSON was arrested at 1:05 Saturday morning at Sweet Pea's Bar, 620 Madison on a charge of assault and battery.

Following his arrest at the bar, details of which were withheld by police, Dickerson was taken to police headquarters where at 6 a.m. he was charged with Mrs. Marger-um's slaying. Police declined to release any information about the connection of Dickerson with the slaying other than to say the case had been under investigation for "a long time." Mrs. Margerum, a retired Bible saleswoman active in Seventh-Day Adventist jg Family Circle The Family Handyman Do-it-yourself Magazine's 16-Vol, Cooking Library 0 1000 Illustrations! 1 6 Vol.

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Margerum was fully clothed when found, detectives said at the time. Her car keys were found clutched in her hand, she was wearing an overcoat, and her purse was A deputy attorney general who prosecuted the case, John G. Mulford, said yesterday that after Dickerson's conviction, a new trial was ordered. Mulford said, however, he is not sure of the outcome. Court records were not immediately available over the weekend to determine why Dickerson had been released from custody.

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