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News of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware section. To) LQ) 4 Thursday, August 30, 1979 city region By TOM FOX Pope to offer outdoor Mass here co In---- Vonon Inquirer SMfl Writer Mm A politician's prediction phia announced yesterday that he, Gov. Dick Thornburgh and Mayor Frank Rizzo would greet the pontiff at Philadelphia International Airport about 2 p.m. on Oct 3. "It will be a simple greeting no platforms, no great speeches," the cardinal said.

The Pope will travel in a motorcade north on Broad Street from the Girard Point Bridge. Riding at 15 miles an hour in a car supplied by the VS. Secret Service, he will arrive at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, about 3:30 p.m. The outdoor Mass and homily will begin at 4 p.m.

Logan Circle was selected because the large crowds expected will be able to see (See VISIT on 2-B) Pope John Paul II will celebrate an outdoor Mass at Logan Circle during a 21-hour visit to Philadelphia on Oct 3 and 4. The Pope will come to Philadelphia during a six-day, six-city trip to the United States, where he will address the United Nations and make an unprecedented visit to the White House. The pontiff canceled previously unannounced plans to visit Northern Ireland "due to the dreadful murders of recent days" that killed Earl Mountbatten of Burma and 22 other persons, the Vatican announced yesterday. He will visit the Irish Republic as scheduled for two days before arriving in Boston on Oct.1. i John Cardinal Krol of Philadel Philadelphia Inquirer MICHAEL VIOLA As nearly everyone already knows, Jimmy Carter is in intensive care.

The odds that he'll be reelected next year are longer than the night The good ol boy has had it. To steal a phrase from the late Nick Hayes, Jimmy Carter is deader than McKinley. So who will the Democrats run in 1980? I have pondered the question for some time. I have sought the views of brainy politicians. I've even talked to my wife, hoping that her intuition would tell her something.

Nobody seems to know. But the other afternoon, while attending a funeral in Holy Cross Cemetery in Veadon, I stumbled John Cardinal Krol act as host Cardinal Krol tells plans for Pope's 21-hour visit to sue over 1 City ayofis union upon the grave of William Aloysius Barrett, the longtime congressman and Democratic Party powerhouse from South Philadelphia. And, the saints be praised, I got some answers. The congressman was perched atop his tombstone, his toupee tilted down on his tired old brow, his fingers pressed together as if in prayerful meditation. He looked Unfair labor practices are alleged like a mischievous little lepre chaun with a couple of tricks up his sleeve.

i.i.mi. i. Philadelphia Inquirer SHARON J. WOHLMUTH HMS Phoebe, docked at Penn's Landing, is one of three British frigates visiting the city The British have landed again Who's the one? So I hit him with the really big question who will the Democrats run in 1980? "Now, Tom," he said in a soft whisper, "this is for your ears only. The year 1980 will be the Year of the Irish Catholic." "The Year of the Irish Catholic?" I said, And suddenly, there was music, the unmistakable strains of "Toor-a-loor-a-loor-a" played on a guitar.

I did a double take, only to realize that I was standing two graves away from the family plot of the late Eddie Lang, the South Philadelphia musical genius who was Bing Crosby's guitarist. "What Irish do you have in mind, Mr. Congressman?" I asked. "Oh, they're everywhere," he said. "There's that handsome young fellow from California with the fine Irish father named Patrick.

You know, the handsome young chap who studied for the priesthood." I remembered that when the congressman couldn't recall a name he usually referred to the party as "that handsome fellow." So I gave his memory a nudge. "You must mean Jerry Brown," I said. "Does he have a chance? "Unfortunately, no," he said. "He should have stuck with the priesthood. It would have been a great comfort to his father.

hit Kennedy "But there's another handsome Irish chap from New England. His older brother served with me in the Congress at one time." "You mean Teddy Kennedy?" I asked. "That's the lad," the congressman said, "but I fear this is not his time. He did have that trouble with the brakes on his car the night he was driving the young lady home from the novena." "Well, if Kennedy's out, who will the candidate be?" I asked. "Well, there're two fine Irishmen from New York," he said.

"There's the learned Harvard professor who wears the Irish tweed hats. Oh, he prays so devoutly at St. Patrick's Cathedral every Sunday." "You must be talking about Daniel Patrick Moynihan," I said. "That's the professor," the con By William K. Marimow Inquirer Staff Writer The president of Philadelphia's largest union of white-collar municipal employes said yesterday that he would file unfair labor practice charges against the city in an effort to avert the layoffs of 14 Health Department employes.

In addition to the charges, which will be filed by tomorrow with the State Labor Relations Board, union president James Dempsey said he would ask the board to delay the furloughs until the dispute has been solved. "We have to do something," said Dempsey, president of District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes (AFSCME). "There's been no attempt by the city to negotiate alternative means for reducing spending other than laying off people." The furloughs are part of an economy move that is expected to result in the elimination ot between 400 and 450 city jobs by no later than the end of next month, thus helping to close a $7 million gap in the fiscal 1980 budget. According to the city's Finance Department, most reductions in jobs will come as a result of retirements, attrition and dismissals for cause. Dempsey, whose union represents 2,300 city workers, said that the 14 Health Department employes had been told last week that their layoffs would take effect next Wednesday.

In addition, he said that AFSCME's District Council 33, which bargains for 15,800 blue-collar city workers, had been notified that some employes at the Welfare Department, the Riverview Home for the Aged and the City Planning Commission also would be laid off. District Council 33 president Earl Stout could not be reached for comment. Ironically, at least part of the gap and the ostensible reason for the layoffs is directly attributable to pay raises of 10.3 percent awarded last month to city police, firefighters and the very AFSCME members who are losing their jobs. Pay hikes of that size had not been budgeted, and the settlements forced the Finance Department to recommend the layoffs. By Edgar Williams Inquirer Staff Writer On the morning mist they came yesterday, these three ships, sliding on the tide up the Delaware River.

One by one they passed beneath the Walt Whitman Bridge, and as they approached Penn's Landing a small boy standing on the pier with his father uttered the inevitable. "Hey, Daddy," he said. "The British are coming." They were, too. Three British frigates HMS Galatea, HMS Alacrity and HMS Phoebe were coming to make a courtesy visit to Philadelphia. "Also," Capt.

A. R. Barnden, commander of the Galatea and captain of the Royal Navy's First Frigate Squadron, would say later, "we are here to enjoy your city's gracious hospitality." He was referring to the receptions accorded by Philadelphians in past years to British sailors, receptions based largely on what was dubbed the "Dial-a-Sailor" program. The program proved so successful that, as of mid-afternoon yesterday, it had been put into effect again. It works like this: If, any time be-(See SHIPS on 2-B) gressman said.

"But I don't think it's his time, either. I fear the good Lord Philadelphia Inquirer MICHAEL VIOLA just might look upon his candidacy with a degree of benign neglect, you Able Seamen John King (left) and Chris Dent on board Galatea see. Carey? Radiation found leaking from vial at Phila. drugstore "But there's another chap from New York, the one who dates the beautiful young lady from the auto mobile family in Detroit. "Oh, that's Hugh Carey," I said.

"Yes, dear Hughie," he said. "But we couldnl take Hughie away from Nunzio DeSantis, an employe of Nuclear Pharmacy, said that the leak was discovered during a check of the package after it was delivered to the drugstore Saturday. He said that the NRC was immediately notified. Nuclear Pharmacy, with company headquarters in New Mexico, moved into its specially constructed building in Philadelphia in January, DeSantis said. media relations for Federal Express, said that the package was checked for radiation during a stopover in Memphis, and that no leakage was found.

He said the damage might have occurred between Memphis and Philadelphia. An official at the General Electric plant in Pleasanton, said that the firm produced the gas. danger. But she added, "I would not want to carry it around under my arm for a long time." Abraham said that the only persons who might have come into close contact with the damaged vial were workers from Federal Express, the company that flew the package from San Francisco to Philadelphia. Armand Schneider, manager Abraham said the vial was leaking at a rate of 20 millirems of radiation per hour, the amount of radiation that he said an X-ray machine would emit over the same time.

He said that NRC officials were continuing to conduct surveys to determine the level of radiation leakage. Margaret Higgins of the State Bureau of Radiation Protection said that the leakage posed no immediate the New York he loves so deeply. If we did, the state would end up a ward of the St. Vincent de Paul Society." "Then who will the candidate be?" I asked. "A native son of Pennsylvania," he said.

"That fine young Irishman from Delaware who was born in N.J. chemical fire was deliberately set, officials say Scrisnton. He brought the Saratoga to district. Oh, he never forgot By Terry E. Johnson Inquirer ftafWrlMr The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday that "small amounts" of radiation had been discovered leaking from a vial of Xenon-133 being stored at the Nuclear Pharmacy a store at 3131 N.

Second St. that specializes in the sale of nuclear drugs to area hospitals. Xenon-133, a gas used by hospitals to diagnose lung disorders, was among the gases released during the March 28 accident at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg. Karl Abraham, a spokesman for the NRC, said that the damaged vial was being kept in a special storage area at the pharmacy and would not contaminate persons entering or leaving the drugstore. He said that the walls of the storage area are lined with lead.

Abraham said that the radioactive gas would not be removed from the store until the radiation stopped leaking, probably in about 10 days. where he came from. "You mean Joe of Dela ware?" I said. "Indeed," the congressman said "When the President studies all the polls and decides to go back to the "In view of the hazard, anybody who would do something like that (set the fire) cannot be stable." Fire and State Police officials refused yesterday to say what evidence had prompted them to conclude that the blaze had been delib- erately set. "We have no suspects and we dont have the slightest idea how it was (See FIRE on 2-B) line tank farm across River Road from Osborn's Delair, N.J., facilities.

The nearest homes, located on the other side of a railroad embankment, are about 200 yards from the Osborn yard. "We're sure it's arson," Pennsau-ken Fire Chief Patrick Sullivan said. "The fire could have wiped out the whole neighborhood in back of us if it had gone out of control," said Osborn Vice President P.J. Whiteway. officials said that efforts by the Penn-sauken Fire Department prevented flames from engulfing nearby homes.

Ten firefighters were injured fighting the blaze, but as of yesterday afternoon only two remained hospitalized. The drums, filled with chemical waste materials, exploded in the heat and flew into the air, some landing as far as a quarter of a mile away. At least one landed in the Hess Oil gaso By Dale Mczzacappa Inquirer Sufi Writer PENNSAUKEN, N.J. Arson caused yesterday's early morning fire in the C.J. Osborn Chemicals Inc.

storage yard, investigators have concluded. The blaze sent 55-gallon drums of dangerous explosive chemicals flying into the surrounding residential area. State health and environmental family peanut farm down in Georgia, he'll throw all his weight be hind sen. utaen. "You see, young Joseph was the first U.S.

senator to come out for Jimmy Carter in 1976. And the Presi dent will be the last one to forget it..