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Robbery trial 2 Morning Ntwi, Wilmington, Dd Wadnaidoy, Octabir 1, 1969 question Court chews on Be of who put bite on whom mocrats bid reapportion was wearing sunglasses, a base-ball cap and a red bandanna, Judge Vincent A. Bifferato reserved decision on the rob to By TOM GREER Who bit whom and with how which later slipped. bery charge. many teetn were qucuus ON a motion by Jenkins' raised yesterday In a Superior attorney. Michael F.

Tucker, an Court trial in which the prose cuting witness testified he put the bite literally on me de fop committee But after the gun wielder threatened to kill him, Elliott said, he wrestled with the robber. During the scuffle, the witness said, his assailant bit him on the face and little finger. ELLIOTT said he responded in kind, taking a bite of the bandit's face, leaving two large tooth marks. fendant. But Thomas Elliott, proprie tor of the Checkerboard Pack age Store at Kirkwood, testified that he was biting back after assistant public defender, Bifferato granted acquittal on a second charge of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.

In testimony yesterday, Elliott said Jenkins entered his store, pointed a sawed-off shotgun and demanded money from the cash register. The witness testified he handed $75 to the holdup man, who A fti tK Vr'' jf" I wttf 9vW an armed bandit had bitten him on the face and little finger. Elliott said he managed to county chairman who suggested the change, argued that it is difficult to get candidates for two-year terms and that it is impractical to elect a chairman during an election year. The testimony came during the trial of Leonard B. Jenkins, wrest the sawed-oii snoigun from the other man and strike him in the face with it, break 22, of Kirkwood, accused of the July 25 holdup of Elliott, 56.

ing the weapon. PETERSON, speaking for the New Castle County orgamza Champ's daughter The witness tcstuica inai ne ran to another room to get his own gun, but when he returned, tion, proposed one of the two plans for reapportioning the From the Dover Bureau Members of a special committee charged with changing the rules of the Delaware Democratic Party agreed in Dover last night that the state committee must be reapportioned but differed on what the new makeup should be. Also at last night's meeting, the first for the 37-member committee, the New Castle County Democratic chairman proposed that all state committee members, Including the state chairman, be elected for four years. The current term is two years. Edward F.

Peterson, the portionment of the committee would be based on the average Democratic vote at the previous election. This would give populous New Castle County a bigger voice in committee affairs. Ramunno suggested another plan based indirectly on population. Under the Democratic Forum's proposal, the committee would consist of two members from each representative district. These districts themselves are reapportioned periodically.

RAMUNNO further suggested that the representative districts, rather than the county committees, select the state committee the bandit was gone. committee. The other suggestion came from L. Vincent Elliott's wife, Helen, testified she spotted the getaway car's Ramunno, who spoke for the license tag and had a neighbor Democratic Forum. Tunney kin lost on Europe four call New Castle County police, Currently, the state commit who arrested Jenkins about 90 tee consists of 80 members, 20 from each of the state's four minutes later.

nolitical subdivisions. Under New Castle County plan, ap HAMBURG, Germany (UPI) rrw members. The Democratic Forum also County- wants the state convention re (Continued Prom Pig On) 1 -f aligned, with five delegates the eastern portion of Wilming- predominantly black communi- j.l i coming from each representa ties south of Wilmington. ton bounded in a staggered tive district. Under the current fashion by Market, Washington, and Broom Streets; and Penn arrangement, each representa tive district is allowed one UPI Toltphotos CLEVELAND, OHIO, MAYOR Carl B.

Stokes, with his wife, Shirley, leave a voting booth after marking their ballots yesterday in a primary election which Stokes won. Robert J. Kelly, the Democratic candidate running against Stokes, marks his ballot in bottom photo. The winner of mayoral will face County Auditor Ralph J. Perk, a Republican, in the general election Nov.

4. Stokes wins sylvania Avenue, Sixth, Fourth delegate for each 500 votes the average Democratic candidate Jenkins was seen by Liliott at police headquarters that night, but he reserved identification until five days later, when he made up his mind the suspect was the bandit, according to testimony. A fingerprint expert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation testified that fingerprints in the car matched Jenkins, who claims he was not in Elliott's store that day, gained Bifferato's permission to speak, despite Tucker's advice that he remain silent. "He states he bit me with two teeth in my face and it is impossible for a man to bite a man in the face with only two teeth prints," said Jenkins. "It is impossible.

You have to have a whole imprint of the teeth." When taken to the police and Union Streets. It also in-eludes the communities of Rose, gate, Simonds Gardens, Hamil "The idea is to include them with the city to raise the probability of proper representation for the 1st District," he said. As the computer drew them, the remap lines of the six districts puts Gray, outside of the district he represents by Authorities yesterday tried to. trace the missing daugher of former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney through travelers checks she may have cashed. The woman, Mrs.

Joan Tunney Wilkinson, 30, was last reported seen by her husband, Carter, on Aug. 28 in Bergen, Norway. The couple was touring Eurooe and decided to separate for a few days. MRS. Wilkinson took a.

side trip to the Norwegian city of Stavanger. Her husband took the couple's daughters, Alexandria, 5, and Erin, 3, on a polled in the last general election. There is a bonus of two ton Park, Eden Park delegates for each office Democrats carried in the district. The problem which faces the about one block. A 5 p.m.

County Council cau Democrats was illustrated early in the meeting when Raymond V. West, the Sussex County cus, scheduled to discuss the reapportionment plans in pre chairman, challenged the make paration for the workshop, was up of the committee's drafting now part of the 6th District. 'The 2d District roughly approximates the Christiana Hundred area and the portion of the city west of the streets named above. The 2d District roughly approximates the Christiana Hundred area and the portion of the city west of the streets named above. The 3d.

District comes out of trie Brandywine Hundred area into the north edge of the city Democrat bid in Cleveland abruptly canceled by Republicans so that they could instead subcommittee because it does not' have equal representation from each political subdivision. Mrs. Joan Tunney Wilkinson discuss the plans with their station, Jenkins said, he had a Mrs. Wilkinson had traveled on party's county leadership. 'The intent is not for New camping trip into tne mountains.

Mrs. Wilkinson's brother, Gene Tunney said yesterday the couple arranged to However, Democratic council- Castle County to grab up the the ferry from Stavanger to the scar and a scratch on his face, "but that does not say it was a teeth print whole state," Peterson said. West German port of Cuxhaven, men Toner and Daniello, were in the council offices at 5 p.m. But, he added, "we reappor arriving there on Sept. 3.

using for major boundaries por meet either in Oslo a fews later or a week later in Hamburg. promotion and entrance exami "She has not been seen tioned the legislature, but we didn't reapportion the Demo tions of Lea Boulevard, wasn- TONER showed a reporter since." Tunney said. He said ington Street and 30th and 33d cratic Party." Streets. When Wilkinson did not find his wife in Oslo, he went to Hamburg, but she did not appear as arranged. Compiled From Dispatches CLEVELAND A flood of votes from black ghetto areas carried Negro Mayor Carl B.

Stokes to victory yesterday over a white rival in the Democratic maps hung on the wall of the council secretary's office and said they were copies of the JENKINS called on Elliott to explain how he did the biting. "Do you understand Bifferato asked the witness. "Yes," responded Elliott. "Do you want me to come down and the American Express Co. was checking its records to see if Mrs.

Wilkinson had cashed any "The 4th District generally snreads from near the west ANY changes recommended by the committee will have to nations. KELLY also criticized Stokes' decision of July 24, 1968, to pull white police and Ohio National Guardsmen from Glenville after violence in which 10 persons, including three policemen, had died the day before. Hamburg and Norwegian po- travelers checks she was car three reapportionment plans that had been chosen best by edge of Wilmington and sur-rounds the Elsmere area. be approved by a state Demo lice subsequently learned thatlrymg. Primary.

council's reapportionment com cratic convention. Under plans mittee. laid out last night, each politi THE Sth District takes in the Daniello said he was not sure With 800 of 973 precincts counted, Stokes had 64,666 votes and his opponent, Robert J. Newark area picking up the cal subdivision's committee will hold a public meeting to air which plan would be selected by Stokes defended his decision as an attempt to avoid further communities of Todd Estates, the whole council and that until Kelly, had 56,396. suggested changes by Oct.

15. A draft of proposed altera Ogletown, Brookside Park, the one was chosen and formally bite him again?" "No," said the judge. "I want you to explain how you claim you bit Mr. Jenkins on the day of the incident." There were more remarks from both witness and defendant, but finally, Elliott got to it. 'I got a hole in my teeth, here, he said, pointing to a gap between his front teeth.

"He (Jenkins) had two big County ponders housing code bloodshed. Stokes went into the election University of Delaware area tions will be ready by Oct. 22, presented to Gov. Peterson, the maps would be shown only to THE lead was Stokes' first of the night, as returns from pre from the present 6th District. It with a strong base of support in the draft will be nt back to also takes in much of what is the Negro community.

But certain groups who had earlier the regional committees, and dominantly white areas came in before returns from the pre presently the 4th District. the state committee which met expressed interest in Negroes comprise only about one-third of the city's 880,000 residents, and it was the white dominantly Negro East Side. 6th District picks up Coventry, Rambleton Acres, last night will reconvene in Dover Nov. 5 to consider the The press was not among A resolution and an ordinance lister after the location of each The primary turnout ap teeth marks with a piece of skin vote that gave Stokes his mar those groups, he said. peared to fall short of half the will be introduced to New Cas- project is approved by the coun tie County Council Oct.

14 to'ty. in the middle. gin of victory in the 1967 pri Toner said he thought the maps would remain on display 316,340 registered voters in this Lake Erie city. Negro voting "He still ain't proved no draft. Both Peterson and Ramunno last night suggested rules changes other than those pertaining to reapportionment.

mary, when he defeated former Mayor Ralph S. Locher by establish a housing code and provide for low-income housing The agreement would allow thing," said Jenkins. on that office for any member was heavier than voting in the county to undertake a pro 18,000 votes. of the public to inspect. white areas.

in the county, gram of public housing some Stokes appeared to be gaining Daniello, who was presiding officer at last night's workshop, The proposed housing code, which will be presented in an time in the future and permit Included in Peterson's proposals were several changes which would potentially increase New Stokes upped his white support to 43,000 votes in the 1967 general election but edged Republican Seth Taft by less than up to 20 per cent of the vote in inclusion of the housing units disagreed. ordinance, is an amended ver white areas which gave him constructed by the city housing The discussion became aca Llangollen Estates, Middlebury, and Alban Park from the current 5th District. Almost 86 per cent of the proposed 1st District will be in Wilmington, along with 6 per cent of the 2d and 48.1 per cent of the third. Each of the six proposed districts stays within 1.5 per cent of the state population average of 61,050 people per councilman district. COUNCILMAN Joseph F.

Toner, D-New Castle, said that the most significant changes to his district was the loss of only 14 per cent two years ago. authority in such a program. demic when the workshop be Castle County power. One would reduce the margin required to change rules in conv The polls closed at 6:30 p.m. 3 S.

African towns hit by quake gan, about half an hour later AT its work session last night, with the tabulation of ballots beginning at the Cayahqga ention from three-fourths to a than its scheduled starting time 2,000 votes. 2 city homes are burglarized the council discussed the signifi simple majority. of 7:30 p.m. County Board of Elections. cance of these two measures.

Others would allow subdivi The six councilmen spent most of this time in a closed sion chairmen to name replace THERE were several com Councilman John D. Daniello, conference in another office off Property valued at $1,453 was plaints of premarked council D-at large, urged that his fellow ments to the state committee and to the convention platform the council's normal conference stolen in two burglaries at councilmen treat them as sep committee. room. arate issues. CAPE TOWN, South Africa (UPI)-South Africa called out its army yesterday to help Cape Province dig out from a massive earthquake that nearly lev Wilmington homes, according to reports to city police.

sion of the Building Officials Conference of America, Basic Housing Code 1970 Edition. A COOPERATION agreement with the Wilmington Housing Authority will be presented to the council in a resolution paving the way for the building of low-rent public housing in unincorporated areas of New Castle County. The agreement will give the city housing authority the right to negotiate for loans from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It concerns approximately 1,000 units of public housing, which the city agency will develop and admin- He said that Republican C. manic ballots.

Election officials determined, however, that the black printing on the back of mayoral ballots had rubbed off on councilmanic ballots while voters were marking their A diamond ring, two televi Douglass Buck vacationing council president, said he wants sion sets and a radio with a eled three towns and killed at least 11 persons. total value of $653 were the housing code and the cooperative agreement acted on by taken from the home of Mary choices for mayor. The disaster left more than 1,000 homeless and set whole Sommerville, 116 N. Rodney St. Conner fears bond-interest rise in tax-reform proposal Stokes appeared supremely the council.

Ruth V. Reid, 907 mountainsides ablaze. confident throughout the campaign. He conceded mistakes "ACCORDINGLY, I am get-ting them to you," he said. reported the theft of a television set valued at $800.

"They will be introduced Oct. 14 but claimed he had learned from them. Both burglaries occurred so we can have a public hearing Monday, police said. ing exemption would be "a on them before the end of October." THE estimated turnout of tremendous breach of faith" Councilman Henry R. Folsom 150,000 to 155,000 of the 316,340 registered voters included Re considering the implied condi self-defeating because it would cost more than the additional income-tax revenue produced by the reform.

Moreover, it would surrender local control to tions under which the bonds R-4th District, said he does not believe a county housing code should be adopted solely to publicans who had no primary election but were voting in were sold. (Continued Prom Ptgt Ont) knows for sure what would happen if tax exemption is removed. Most advocates of doing so assume present buyers of municipals would continue to buy them at higher rates. There is no assurance, however, that the buyers who were interested Police said nine children were among those killed Monday night when the nation's worst earthquake in 37 years rocked a stretch from Cape Town to Durban. Dozens of persons were reported injured.

A convoy of troops moved into stricken areas yesterday with emergency food rations and tents to accommodate the homeless. Defense Minister Pie-ter W. Botha ordered the army into the worst hit areas around the winegrowing regions of Tul-bagh, Wolseley and Ceres, where communications were Nixon critic wins seat from Mass. The county executive said nonpartisan City Council elec the federal government, Conner added, and this would be unde qualify for federal aid for low- there is "no question this is the tions. income housing.

sirable. worst feature" of the tax-re Cuyahoga County Auditor form proposal. He said some Ralph J. Perk is the unopposed other aspects of thecomplicat State governments could not in taz shelters would not seek THOMAS J. Kealy, R-2d District, said, "We all agree there is a need for a housing code," Republican candidate and will face the Democratic victor in ed legislation have obvious mer provide the subsidy since they other shelters and ignore the municipal bond market, Conner it and that he is undecided trict since 1812 when the area also would be affected by appli November.

Eajlier, he said, "If we sit on cation of the reform to state about others. was redesigned by Gov. Eld- said. Stokes, 42, became the first our hands for number of years, the state will come in ridge bonds. "I'm concerned about the po- HE said opponents of provi BOSTON (UPI) Underdog Michael Harrington of Salem, a foe of President Nixon's Vietnam policy, was elected last night to Congress the first Democrat from the district in 157 years in a special elec Harrington, 32, astaterepre elected Negro mayor of a major U.S.

city in 1967. This year he ran a low-key primary cam Using figures provided by a banker, Conner said about a third of the bonds are bought by tential distortion in tax relation sentative, backs New York GOP ship. Taxation of local bonds Sen. Charles Goodell's resolu paign, citing what he said were would make drastic revisions in tion calling for a pullout from his administration's advances in sions concerning bonds with whom he spoke in Washington intend to oppose such action so strongly as to remove it from the current proposals and to eliminate the issue from future individuals and the major portion by institutional investors the balance between state and tion. Vietnam by 1970.

Harrington housing, jobs and pollution local governments," he said. regards ABM as a waste of ew uasue county has no immediately available informa money and resources. Congress now is weighing the question of whether tax exemp consideration. Democrats outnumber Repub KELLY, 48, who is white, is a tion on who holds its outstand-ing bonds. tion, if removed, would be tak With 176 of 186 precincts reporting, Harrington polled 67,225 votes to 59,764 for William L.

Saltonstall, son of former U.S. Sen. Leverett Saltonstall in the district where the term "gerrymandering" was licans 77,000 to 66,000, but 92,500 former Cleveland service direc The uncertainty created by present consideration of the First effect of removing tax en only from future issues or tor but never before ran for independent voters held the key exemption, Conner said, would to the outcome. public office, also from outstanding bonds Conner said he doubts the legal aisrupted and huge mountain fires still blazed last night. Houses in Cape Province col-lasped as families fled in terror into the streets Monday night.

Fires, sparked by intense heat generated by rock friction, raged in the Tulbagh Valley and on the mountains surrounding Ceres. Most residents of Ceres fled the area Monday night before the town was ringed with fire. Another tremor rocked Tulbagh for about 30 seconds yesterday morning. It dislodged masonry from already damaged and cracked buildings. Dr.

Arthur Fuller senior geology professor at Cape Town University, said the quakes measured 6.5 in intensity on the Richter Scale. and do it. Do we want to do it ourselves? Do we go with the Wilmington Housing Authority? Or, do we go to some other agency?" Daniello said he hoped both would be adopted. He called the Wilmington Housing Authority "an agency that is now equipped to handle" the project. 'On the other hand," he contin-ued, if we are going to take a broader step instead of just replacing dilapidated houses we have to do something in prevention.

'We do have a building code, a plumbing code and sewer he said. We have codes on how you build a house. Now we need a code on how you maintain be to force local government to Both sides enlisted the aid of proposal already has affected the bond market adversely and continued uncertainty would He has been critical of go outside the property-tax field born. big names to generate cam Stokes failure to increase the ity of the.latter, for it might be a breach of contract with the to raise revenue. Real-estate multiply these effects.

paign interest. Former Vice size of the police department taxes now are at about the limit bond buyers. Harrington's election gave the Democrats an 8-4 edge in the Massachusetts congressional President Hubert H. Humphrey and said the city's police force was behind him New Castle County currently is selling bond-anticipation notes in lieu of tackling the unfriendly bond market. It is and Sens.

Edmund S. Muskie of Maine and George McGovern MOST bond offerings carry delegation. (Kelly). Members of the Fraternal campaigned for Harrington. the information that interest is exempt from present taxes and The race had been viewed by many as a public opinion test of of their ability to finance government, he said.

ANOTHER possibility would be "very elaborate" systems of subsidies by the federal government. This, he said, would be doing so in the hope market Order of Police echoed Kelly's this might prove a legal escape Nixon's Vietnam War policy. conditions will improve between Sen. Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts counterpunched for Saltonstall, as did the elder criticism of Stokes, and Stokes No Democrat has won a now and the end of the current hatch in that regard.

was hurt by a recent Civil Saltonstall. Even so, Connor said, remov fiscal year next June 30. Service scandal involving police congressional seat in the dis.