Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 1

CLEARING Clearing tonight; low, 40. Sunny, breezy and cool Thursday; high near 56. Milder Friday with showers likely. Details Page 10. 91st Year--No.

60,902 Delaware County Dally Except Sunday 18.JS E. 6lh Chester, pa. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1967 Wanl Ads TR 4-iZSJ All Departments TR 6-6161 BLASTING The Army Corps of Engineers blasts rocks from the Delaware River shipping lanes off Marcus Hook. See Page 8. Home Deliveries TEN CENTS 48c per UNIDENTIFIED boy: looks at wreckage of tractor- in which four teen-age boys were injured in Eddy- trailer which overturned after collision with a car stone Tuesday night.

4 Injured Critically In Eddy stone Crash care ei EDDYSTONE--Four teen-agers were injured critically when their car collided with a tractor trailer on the Industrial Highway near Saville Avenue about Admitted to the intensive unit at Crozer Chester cal Center, Upland, were John Shields, 16, 1044 Toll Dennis Murtaugh, 15, 1224 E. 13th St. Shields, identified as the driver of the car, had severe head and other, and 'Murtaugh, a 'suffer-: ing from a severe head injury 'and multiple injuries of the limbs, including an "obvious fracture of the mid femur Both were in critical condition this morning. The other two passengers, George Albaugh, 16, of 205 Concord and John McAleer, 16, of 1410 12th were under intensive care at Taylor Hospi- Mor- Cq. borough tal, Ridley Park, both with internal injuries.

Both boys also with were in critical condition morning. The truck driver, Louis 59, of block Gov- irnor Printz Wilmington, Medi- was not injured. His severely damaged ve- and hicle overturned and blocked traffic on the Industrial High- Way until 10:45 The intersection, was blockec i partially this morning, as crew from: the Philadelphia Electrii Cq. 1 to' replace a pole and wire; that were felled by the crash. Electrical service was disrupt ed to an outdoor billboard the old Reading Co.

freight sta tion, no longer in use. Rain Dampens County April showers came to Delaware County, for the first time were this year this morning, but late approaching risers very likely missed them. And the brief period of precipitation the first this month clear --is to end this afternoon, according to the U.S. Weather Bureau at Philadelphia International Airport. The mild temperatures which! were prevalent during last week to continue, although nol the record warmth of last Sunday.

The clouds are expected to this afternoon, with the sun making a return showing Thursday. Following tonight's low of 40, it will be breezy and cool Thursday with a high near 55. River Silt Hampers County Plant's Work By TOM SCHMIDT Daily Times Staff Writer Union Carbide Linde Division oxygen plant has been forced to shut down five times since December because in the Delaware River back channe between Tinicum Island and the Delaware County mainland. Plant Manager Lester J. Ja cdby, a leader in the fight to have the federal government dredge and maintain the channel, said the production loss has cost Linde thousands of dollars Jacoby said that in December the plant had three shutdowns which amounted to lost time of 16 hours for two-thirds of the plant and 19 hours for the remainder.

He said that on March 25 and 26, shutdowns amounted to 14 hours' for two-thirds of the plant and 2 hours for the other one- third. Jacoby said the lost-time also "could cause a delay in shipments of liquid oxygen and nitrogen to some of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) centers and a number of our other customers." said Linde produces large amounts of oxygen and nitrogen for NASA for the Apollo moon- landing project under way at Cape Kennedy, Fla. Linde, Weslinghouse Electric Corp. and local boating concerns have been engaged in a lengthy effort to get the U.S. Corps of Engineers to remove the silt in the back channel and keep it out.

The corps presently is study- the feasibility of such a project, but indications are that It will be some time before a decision Is made. Linde, which depends heavily on water from the river, ha: said. the silting problem, if it continues, could force the plani to move. Boating firms say if son thing isn't done, they'll have go out of business. Jacoby said immediate dredging should be started to have sufficient water at mean low tides.

"Since 1952, we have spen approximately $250,000 to $300,000 for dredging in order to get sufficient water," Jacoby said. "The cost-of this dredging is constantly increasing due to the fact that more silt must be removed each the dredging operation occurs," he addei' Jacoby said the cost in 1952 was $15,000 to remove 15,000 cu- jic yards of 1965, American Dredging bid $50,000 at a cost of $1.12 per cubic yard for removal of approximately 48,000 i yards. "These figures indicate that Johnson Asks Postal Hike WASHINGTON (AP) Presl- moon- en Johnson asked Congress oday for postal rate increases otaling $800 million and for a hree-step pay increase of some 2.5 billion for all federal em- lbyes and members of the armed forces. In a special message, Johnson that the cost mailing letters be increased by cent. The charge for first-class It mall would go to 6 cents and an air mail stamp would cost 9 cents.

the amount of silting that is taking place at the present time is approximately four times greater than it was in Jacoby said' the increasing ist of dredging arid the more to frequent number of plant "outages" and loss of production due to water 'shortages not lead to maximizing profits. "Since this is every company's goal, our company could decide to leave Delaware'County and relocate at another location where such problems do not exist," he said. Jacoby said there is another factor which probably will cause serious difficulties. when the main channel is. deepened to 50 feet," IB "This will increase 'the amount of'silting'that is presently taking 1 place." Linde has recommended that 'back 'channel- be dredged Behind Tinicum Island to a min- irmim of 400 feet wide and 30 feet deep "and 'that this channel maintained at this depth at all limes." Jacoby said company real- zes its proposal would be a ong range our improvement of.

water flow is mediate' and some measures should.be. taken, at. the present ime'to. meet the needs ofXinde and all' the industries marinas ''along 'the tjjani nel," he'said. A corps pffiqial eral agency is- initiating a re- connaisance study of the back channel and the proposed proj- of ect.

However, he said it may be a year before the corps knows it will undertaking the task of dredging and maintaining the channel. 5,557 Reds Defect in One Month SAIGON (AP) An all-time high of 5,557 Viet Cong deserted last month and came over to the apporti! allied side, U.S. an nouhced The record surge of-defectors was nearly'double- the previous record Cong deserted in February under thi South Vietnamese government's open arms program. The wave of enemy defections as the ground, war South. Vietnam simmered in small, scattered patrol clashes and bad weather to North Vietnam, cur- ailing U.S.

air strikes after leaviest raids in live months Monday. 75 REDS SLAIN U.S. and allied forces reported killing 75 of the enemy in scattered contacts Tuesday. Units of the South Korean Division claimed 41 Viet killed in the nine patrol skirmishes and said there were no Korean casualties. In an unusual encounter, a U.S.

reconnaissance unit spotted and engaged aboul 10 Viet Cong troops who were acting as a screening force for a arger enemy unit of about 4( men. The two U.S. soldiers, with lelp from the rest of their patrol, killed nine Viet Cong in a surprise attack 33 miles southwest of the coastal city of Tuy Hoa, a U.S. spokesman said. South Vietnamese forces re- lorted killing 33 Viet Cong in our small contacts.

FIRE The U.S. Air Force charged that ground fire from the middle of a North Vietnamese vil- age brought down an F105 Thunderchief Sunday. The loss of the. plane, the 500th downed over North Vietnam in the war, had been announced Tuesday. INSIDE YOUR DAILY TIMES Would Vietnam negotiations work? Page 6.

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Comics 38,39 Community Clock 26, Crossword Puzzle 39 Death'Notices 33 'Editorials 6 Section. 13-15 News 32 Horoscope 3 9 Junior- Editors 39 Obituaries 4 Also Death. Notices 23 Sports, 21-23 Television 38 Cornell University Blaze Kills Nine In Residential Hall Rocco A. Odorisio, GOP Leader, Dies State Rep. Rocco A.

Odorisio (R-167th District) of Radnor died early today in Bryn Mawr Hospital. He was 66. Odorisio was vice president of' the Radnor commissioners' and a long time Republican leader in the township. He entered the hospital March 26 and on Monday a leg was removed. Friends said.he was suffering from phlebitis, inflammation of a vein.

Odorisio also had suffered rom diabetes for many years. Odorisio was elected to his ifth two-year state representative last Member. He had represented the 2nd iistrict during the first terms but his district was changed to the 167th during' re- 'ionment. Odorisio had been" a township' commissioner since 1950. He was elected board president in 1961.

A He. was named director from. 1935, to 1940 when He had been a member of the Delaware County Housing Authority arid president of Radnor Fire Co. for eight years. Odorisio was named to the Delaware County Republican Board of Supervisors (War Board) in May, 1964, to replace the late John G.

Pew vice president of Sun. Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co. He resigned from the a Board in September, 1965, and was replaced by U.S. Rep. G.

Robert Watkins (R-9th District) of Birmingham. At the time, Radnor Republicans had been feuding over a justice of the peace. candidate. Odorisio said he resigned because it was "that the about 18 months ago. ROCCQ ODORISIO GOP leader Odorisio was a Radnor school he became a commissioner.

committeemen and women were daughter of Da' not happy so I just turned in my resignation." He announced his intentions to continue to serve in the state House. Odorisio of 402 W. Wayne Ave, is survived by his widow, Helen. Plan Conservation Outlined by Governor HARRISBURG (AP) -Republican Floor Leader Lee Donaldson said today he expected the legislature to implement at least a portion of Gov. Shafer's vast conservation program as expeditiously as pos- ible.

"There are parts of the gram which can be acted upon ight away," Donaldson said. 'Other portions of it will more time. "It is our intention 0 act quickly on what we can." Shafer made his second ap- learance before a joint session if the House and Senate Tues- iay to outline a 10-year con- ervation message keyed to vot- ir approval of a $500 million rend issue on the May prim; allot. "Establishment of the $500 nillion Land and Water Devel- pment Fund is at the very eart of the program," he said 1 call on voters to vote 'yes' or this will be oting for our future health and veil-being--it is that simple." The bulk of the program was ntroduced in the Senate under Republican sponsorship. Mi- House nority Democrats were asked to co-sponsor the bills, but refused, complaining they had only 20- to-30 minutes' to study what it took the administration three months to prepare.

House Republicans held back on the package, on the other pro- hand, to give the Democrats in that chamber an opportunity to determine which bills they would take like to co-sponsor. Solemnly, he told them: "We must act now. The rape of our land, the waste of our water, the pollution of our air, can no longer be left solely to those so devoted to the cause of conservation." The governor said the $500 million would be launched two main thrusts. The first would be to combat the blight created by the scars of abandoned strip mines and the pollution caused by acid mine: drainage; the second, to protect, restore and develop open-space and recreation projects on the state and local levels. Among his major points were proposals to: Pennsylvania apparently cent basement --Require backfill for contour of anthracite strip and quarry mining operations, thus bringing the state's entire open pit mining law into conformity with the regulations now in effect in bituminous Pennsylvania.

a 50 per cent tax credit to industry for the installation of air and water pollution control devices in plants, at a rate of 5 per a year. --Authorize the Water and Power Resources Board to set priorities for the equitable tribution of water, particularly during critical times of drought. --Give larger powers to the Pollution Control Commission. --Tighten state controls requiring the usage and inspection of devices to control exhaust funies from automobiles. --Enter the Commonwealth into three interstate compacts: The Mid-Atlantic Air Pollution Compact, the Susquehanna River Basin Compact and the Wheeling Creek Watershed Compact.

County Student Is Victim Ten Others Are Injured ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) Nine nersons, including a student rom. Upper Darby, died and at least 10 others were in- lured today in an early-morning ire that blackened the interior of a Cornel! University residence haH. A reporter at the scene said the dead were six women and three men. Eight of the dead were students.

One of the men was a faculty adviser. The Upper Darby student is Jennie Zu-wei Sun, 21, of 307 Richfield Road, Stonenurst, daughter of David Sun. She was a freshman. A freshman student from Delaware County, identified as Margaret Kassouny of Lansdowne, was treated for smoke inhalation at Sage Hospital and discharged. Her home address was not available.

Scores of others escaped through windows and doors. Some evidently tried to use sheet HOUSED, 71 University Provost Dale R. Corson said the two-story, cinder-block building, on the edge of the 71 persons. Of those, there were 31 boys and .2 girls from 18 states in the jeginning class of a six-year experimental course for topflight freshmen seeking doctorates. These students, three faculty members and a senior counsellor lived on the first floor and in the basement.

The cause of the fire was not determined. Firemen said it broke out in the dis- 4 in Air Major Delco Impact Seen in Shafer Plan By HAROLD D. ELLIS Daily Times Correspondent HARRISBURG-At least three lements of Gov. Raymond P. tiafer's conservation message the General Assembly on uesday may have a major im- act in Delaware County.

Perhaps most important le county was Shafer's 1 that $75 million of the proposed $500 million land and evelopment fund be used to aid tii ommunities in developing open a pace and recreation facilities. Many Delaware County munl- ipalities--and the county itself --have acquired or are in the rocess of acquiring open nd will need money for its elopment into parks and tional areas, 'Shafer also called for million to be used to develop tomatic parks on land the state has acquired or is acquiring under Project 70. Presumably some of this mon- inform ey would be used to develop facilities on the more than acres in the Ridley Creek State Park on the former Jeffords to tract in northwestern Delaware air pollution monitoring network. He said a proposed network of 25 stations "will us on air conditions and permit us to forecast the possj- 3,000 bility of intolerable situations. i propos- county.

Another Shafer conservation water proposal with direct implica- ions for Delaware County was proposal to enact legislation calling for a 50 per cent tax credit to for installing self pollution control equipment. The riverfront area of Dela- space ware County is among the most dc- serious air pollution areas I recrc- state, Shafer also asked a $125 appropriation to expand an Shafer also asked for a bill to include in the semi-annual inspection of motor vehicles a check on air pollution control devices which federal law requires on all new cars beginning next year. He asked a $25 fine for any- air one found guilty of removing such a device from a car. Also of possible Impact in Delaware County was a proposal to in the allocate $100 million of the land and water development fund $300,000 communities for aid in construc- au- tlon of sewage treatment plants. SMOKE DAMAGE About 100 firemen fought the lames, discovered shortly after a.m.

Most of the damage was caused by smoke, the sheriff's office said. The building, known as the Cornell Heights Residential 3ub, is in the village of Cayuga Heights bordering this central New York city. Death List At Cornell ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) The nine dead in the fire today at Cornell University included: 1. Martha Beck, 18, sophomore, 325 Dewey, Evanston, father Eugene V.

Beck. 2. Meimei Cheng, 22, graduate student, 430 Martin Terrace, State College, father Tin- shi Cheng. 3. Peter Cooch, 19, sophomore, 120 Montrale Trail, Weston, father Thomas tooch.

4. Carol Lynn Kurtz, 22, graduate student, 113 Beliefield Drive, Butler, father Harold Kurtz. 5. Anne McCormic, 21, home economics senior, 1158 Norwalk Philadelphia, father Joseph McCormic. 6.

John. W. Finch, associate professor of English, from Eng- and. 7. Jeffrey W.

Smith, 17, art sophomore, 10175 Sterling Cupertino, mother Mrs. Margaret E. Smith. 8. Jennie Zu-wei Sun, 21, 307 Richfield Road, Upper Darby, freshman, father David Sun.

9. Johanna C. Wallden, 25, to graduate student, Rakuunantie, F.R. 23, Helsinki, 33, Finland; father Thomns Walldcn..