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THIRD Monument Lady Can Still Smile Volunteer Firemen Die Fire at North Wales' I 2 In JJ ,4 -J I J'' -r I (r A fry- their own units went to North Wales. The Salvation Army from Nor-ristown rushed its mobile unit to the school grounds and distributed coffee and sandwiches to the firemen. Mrs. Ella Lent, radio operator at the North Wales fire station, said of the victims: "They must have passed out. Some of the fellows found them inside th building." She said John Hoffman was an assistant chief in the Lansdale Fairmount Volunteer Fire Co.

His brother Horace was a 'member of the same unit. John was employed as a maintenance man in the plant of Per- feet Food, makers of chips and pretzels in Lansdale. He was the father of two sons, eight and two years old. Horace, a milk driver salesman for Martin-Century Farms. Lansdale, was also married and the father of a 6-year-old daughter and a son, five.

rebuild the six-room section of the fire-gutted structure. He said these rooms were protected to some extent by a fire wall. Final decision will await a more thor- ough inspection of the ruins today. Spread Quickly Firemen said the school blaze started in a series of switch boxes in the basement and spread quickly into the wings through the ventilating system. North Wales Fire Chief Walter Gilmore directed the combined activities of firemen from North Wales, Lansdale, West Point, Kulpsville, East Norton, Center Square, Conshohocken and Ambler.

They concentrated streams of water on all sections of the two-story brick structure, but the fire defied control. The Good Will Fire Co. of Souderton and the Second Alarm Fire Co. of Willow Grove went on standby duty in communities left without fire appartus when bring them under control. At least dozen men were overcome by smoke.

Some were treated at the scene. Others were taken to North Penn Hospital, where they were treated and discharged. The 15 classrooms in the gutted building were used by all of North Wales' 375 pupils in kindergarten through sixth grade, at a hastily-called emergency meeting, school "officials last night decided to cancel all elementary classes until further notice. School Supt. Peter Sandillos told The Morning CaH that the school board agreed last night to order immediate renovation of the former elementary school building, which was not being used this year.

The rejuvenation project is expected to take about two weeks. When it is finished, he said, eight classrooms will be available for elementary Meanwhile, 'Sandillos explained, efforts will be made to Two Lansdale brothers lost their lives last night in a blaze that destroyed nine classrooms and badly damaged six others in the elementary school in North Wales. The victims both volunteer firemen are John Hays Hoffman, 35, of Lansdale and Horace D. Hoffman, 33, of 634 Susquehanna Ave. Other firemen found them in the burning building at about 8:30, nearly three hours after the fire was discovered by Leroy Kinsey, a janitor, as he was making his final rounds.

Died of Suffocation They had apparently died of suffocation. Neither man was burnea. They were removed from the building and crews of three ambulances worked vainly to revive them enroute to North Penn Hospital. Scores of firemen from eight Lower Montgmery County communities fought the flames for more than six hours in efforts to DEATH CAR The car that took Robert Lee Dotter, Brodheadsville, to his death last night sits in the gully where it landed after rolling over a 12-foot embankment near Palmerton. Voters Hold Key to Government, Brodheadsville Man Killed in Car Crash Lehigh Party Chiefs A 2 0-y a r-o 1 Brodheadsville off' 4 1 t7 sip I i If 1 ROBERT LEE DOTTER Pupils Ready man Was instantly killed last night when his car went out of control and rolled jver a 12-goot embankment on the Little Gap Trachs- ville road, four miles north of Palmerton.

Robert Lee Dotter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dotter, a Beth lehem Steel Co. employe, was killed. His was the third fatal accident investigated by state police at Le- highton in the past five weeks.

On Thursday, Feb. 2, Dr. Ber nard Rieff, Wilkes-Barre, and Walter Seary, Lehighton R. 4, were instantly killed in a head-on crash on Route 29, a mile south of Jim Thorpe. According to Dotter's relatives, the youth was traveling alone and was on his way home from work iri Bethlehem when the accident happened.

Two weeks ago five Bethlehem Steel Co. employes met their death Continued on Page 10, Column 5 for Concert arteries leading to the community are impassable. Harry Summers, director of instrumental music at Warren, described the flood as "the worst since 1913." The 160-pupil orchestra will pre sent two hour-long concerts today and tomorrow. Scheduled as guest conductor is David Robertson, head of the Conservatory of Mu sic at Oberlm College, phio. The concert is sponsored by Pennsylvania Music Educators Assn.

Lehigh participants are Allen Hess, Allentown: Roberta Ash and Nancy Auer, Bethlehem, and Mary Ann Deischer, Em- maus, 2nd violin; Peter Kern, Slatington, 1st flute; Alfred Roed- er, Palmerton, 2nd Cue; Patricia Lucas, Allentown, 2nd oboe; Ron ald Reinhard, Coopersburg and Doris Rosencranz, Northampton, 1st clarinet. Despite Warren Floods City, County Solicitors Bar Primary Vote The girl with whom "we would most like to have a conversation is probably laughing quietly to her self this morning at tne antics oi mortal man. She is the damsel atop the Sol diers and Sailors Monument at Center Square. From her high perch she has been observing the attempts of several generations, since 1913- to have her and her pedestal moved from the square. Yesterday, tne newest attempt was squelched, at least temporarily.

Joint Opinion County Solicitor Donald L. La- Barre and City Solicitor Joseph B. Walker came up with a joint opinion that the question of whether or not the monument shall be moved cannot be placed on the ADril 24 primary ballot. Accepting the opinion, the Board I of County Commissioners, acting as an election board, reported that since the solicitors "could find no authority for placing an issue of this sort on the election ballot," it will not be placed. "We are further informed that to do so without proper legal authority would be an illegal act on our part." The commissioners expressed regret at keeping The Monument Question up in the air.

In their statement they said they would "very much like to comply with the request of (Allentown) City Council and place the monument issue on the ballot for a county- wide vote." City Council had asked the commissioners to place the question on the ballot in the hope that voter response would end the controversy. The solicitors informed the commissioners- that a simple injunction could tie up the entire primary election. Board Has 'Open Mind One member of the Board of Commissioners pointed out that election -laws are specific and al low an election board "to do only certain things." Placing the issue of removal of the (controversial Soldiers and Sailors Monument from Center Square Is not one of those things. Another commissioner said tnat the board has an "open mind" on the subject and if the city can produce. any possible legal method of placing the issue on the primary ballot "we'll still consider it." Public's View bought According to Mayor Donald V.

Hock city officials seek the referendum as "an indication of the trend of thought of the people as a whole." He added "We want to know how the public feels" before the city movers further in plans to relocate the monument. At last Thursday's meeting it was suggested that the question be placed on the ballot and then friend of the court" bring an amicable injunction immediately against the election board. The court would act witn naste because of the imminence of the election and the legality of the act would be established. In the event -that the court ruled that the action was illegal, the question would be removed from the ballot. If.

however, the court ruled that the action was legal, the question would remain on the ballot and no one could interfere with the ac tion by subsequent action. Continued on Page 10, Column 4 Allentown SECOND SKETCH This is a revised artist's sketch of the gunman wanted for robberies of Quaker State Loan Co. in Allentown and' Family Finance Co. in Easton. (was handed over to the borough (last year ny ine company.

Based on the new 14 mill tax, Ve borough will lose $7,802.67 be- cause of the reduction. With an impossible 100 per cent collection of the $5 pef capita tax. an addi tional $20,000 will just about enable the borough to break even. "Luckily we have nearly every thing well taken care of. Am C.

Schaefer, borough secretary, said last night. "Of course, we'll have several major items that will have to be purchased, including a new police car and a light truck." The loss to Palmerton School District will be $490,373 or equiva- Continoed on Pae 19, Column 1 School District Administration Building. Both speakers subjected themselves to questioning from the outset, neither delivering a formal talk. But both summarized. The Biggest Problem Rabenold's parting shot was, "The biggest problem we have (meaning political leaders of both parties) is getting to the voters.

If voters are vitally interested in politics and the problems of government, you will see a noticeable increase better-type candidates." Frantz pointed out that in Europe, despite conditions in some countries, as many as 90 to 95 per cent of eligible voters turn out for elections. In this country, he said, it is considered good if up to 67 per cent of the registrants exercise their voting franchise. "Where there Is an apathy at the base, you can expect it all the way up the line." Then as a final answer to those who accused party leadership of meddling in primary elections, he Salzburg Coming To Allentown Generations of Americans have gone to Salzburg jp hear Mozart's music. This year, tne Mozart di- centennial year, Salzburg is com ing to America. The Mozarteum Orchestra, core of the Salzbdrg festivals, arrived in the United States this week.

It will play a series of concerts in this country, one of them In Al lentown. The orchestra will appear at Al- lentown's Lyric Theater April 22 under the auspices of Salem Evan gelical and Reformed Church choir and the Allentown Musical Club. The Mozarteum Orchestra played for the first Mozarf festival given at Salzburg in 1842, a year after the Mozarteum was founded un der sponsorship of the composer's widow and his two sons. Wolf gang Amadeus and CarL Tax Worries Waning, L.V. Stores Say Uncertainties in the minds of merchants and shoppers when Pennsylvania's new sales tax came in Wednesday morning had pretty well disappeared in the Lehigh Valley last night.

Jn Allentown, where stores were open until 9 p.m., Thursday night shoppers had already adjusted themselves to paying the three per cent levy. Most storekeepers agreed the former one per, cent tax which expired last year had been "an orientation course" and took the edge off objections to the current impost. In addition, practically every one has now had time to read newspaper explanations of the new- tax provisions and is familiar with the list of taxable items. Not even the expected demand for pennies has materialized. Lo cal bank spokesmen report they have had no requests from merchants for abnormally high quan tities of pennies.

One explanation is that merchants or shoppers), aware that a sales tax was pend ing, had stocked up in advance Your Distributor can deliver a case of Neuwefler's Light Lager today. Adv. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Is there an apathy among Amer-, ican' voters because there is a scarcity of executive and administrative talent for political candidacies, or can the scarcity be blamed on the voters lack of interest? It is as easy to answer one question as another, according to information produced last night at a meeting of Allentown Citizens Advisory Committee. Moulton L. Frantz, chairman of Lehigh County Republican Committee, and Edward Rabenold, secretary of the Lehigh County Democratic Committee, told the advisory group they believe voter interest is of prime importance.

Some questioners were of the opinion intra-party politics cut down the number of good candidates for public office. Mrs. Willard Baum served as moderator for the which became "hot" at several points. The meeting took place in the Walkouts Hit ILPerkiomen i Pipe Plants Mor than 300 workers at two Montgomery County plants of the Sanitarv Co. of America were re ported idle yesterday from walk outs that followed a snop mspuie.

The 200 employes at the com- i pany ureenvme jpioui. ie-Dortedlv left their jobs Tuesday morning after a dispute between a worker and a company foreman. Yesterday, more, than 100 employes at the Linfield plant, near Pottstown, were said to nave walked out in a sympathy strike. Jacob D. Wimmer, president or Local 35, International Moulders and Foundry Workers of North America, told The Morning call last night he hoped for a settle ment soon.

Harvey D. Ritter, president of the company, said he had "nothing to report." Wimmer said a meeting was held yesterday between company and union, but tnat "notning came oi it." He did not explain the exact nature of the dispute that started the walkout. Union members met last night to discuss their position, Wimmer said, but did not take any action relative tor the walkout. No meetings are currently scheduled between company and union, he said. The company manufactures soli pipe and fittings.

It is the largest industry in the Upper Perkiomen Valley. FCC Rejection Kills WFMZ-TV Pay-See Plans' Rejection by the Federal Com munications Commission yester day ruled out the possibility that WFMZ-TV might resume telecast ing as an experimental pay-as-you-see video outlet in Allentown. The inoperative station petitioned the regulatory agency last fall for permission to become a pilot station to resolve current uncertainties connected with proposals, for pay-see television. In announcing the rejection, the FCC said it decided against experimentation pending further study of the "whole question." "Owing to the voluminous record which has been created in the rule making proceedings in subscription television," the FCC said. "the commission will require more time to review the many comments on file and to consider the complex issues involved.

Allentown Officials At Streets Parley Allentown Mayor Donald Hock and Councilman Lloyd More Lion Than Lamb In Weather Madcap March threw a ea.vadt of rain on the Lehigh Valley yesterday morning, then reversed direction aud filled the late after noon with sunshine and new hopes for an early spring But the lion is still lording it over the lamb. Partly cloudy skies with snow flurries and strong winds are predicted for today. The expected high temperature is a chilly 33. No ram is in -sight, the weather station at Allentown-Bethlchem-Easton Airport reported. And apparently the severe thunderstorms that threatened the valley the last two days have passed out of the picture.

No Apparent Flood Danger Rainfall yesterday morning was fairly heavy. Total precipitation recorded at the airport was .55 of an inch. There was no apparent danger of the Delaware and Le high rivers flooding. Readings taken at the Allentown plant of Lehigh Gas Division, UGI, showed the Lehigh River at 7.1 feet at 11 a.m. By 10 p.m.

it had risen only to 7.6 feet. Flood stage is 14 feet. 4 The situation on the Delaware was less certain last night. A steady rise was evident since 8 p.m. At the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission station on the PhUlipsburg side, a reading showed the river was 9.35 feet above normal at 9 p.m.

Bridge commission officials 'said there was a possibility of trouble if the river continued to risepast midnight. Further up the Delaware at Milford, no flood conditions wcra reported. Rural streams in the Lehigh Valley rose during the late morning and afternoon, but all them apparently were able to absorb runoff water. The forecast for today eliminates the danger of further flooding, weather station officials indi cated. The temperature yesterday hit a peak of 41 at 11:30 a.m.

From then on it began a steady fall until midnight, when it was 28. It wal ex- Continued on Page 10, Column 4 Winter's Back: Wind and Snow Coming Today Winter has returned to the Le high Valley. Temperatures today probably won go much above freezing, and high winds and snow flurries are expected. 4 The expected high today is 33, after an overnight low of 22. Tomorrow will be warmer, with a high in the low or middle 40s.

Average wind yesterday was 23 miles an hour from west north west, with a high of 40 from the west at 4:30 p.m. Gusts up to 6S miles an hour were recorded. Precipitation totaled .55 of an inch. High temperature yesterday wat 41 at 11:30 a.m. The low was 23 at midnight.

The Skies Today Sunrise 6:23 a.m. Sunset 6:03 p.m. i.uiyi;uic jaiuiuoj ti.v-i o.m Moon Mnnda ew on blAKS Aldebar an, high in southwest 6:54 p.m. Arcturus, rises 8:17 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus.

In the mest 7:47 p.m. Saturn, low in southeast 1:52 a.m. Mars, rises 3:17 a.m. Jupiter, in the west 3:26 a.m. Temperatures The U.S.

Weather Bureaa reported the following temperatures for Thursday; High Allentown 41 Lo-w 23 39 23 in 23 27 54 73 37 36 23 1 33 Atlantic" City 53 Boston 37 Chicago Cleveland 23 27 55 74 79 42 45 Denver Jacksonville Miami New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh 23 St. Louis Washington 40 55 Feeling Better Young Dennis Navarro was doing "very well" in Allentown Hospital last night. The bov. who 4'4 and lives at 2S16 Washington Allentown. fell down several steps and landed head firt on a concrete floor yesterday.

He was X-rayed and admi-ted to Allentown Hospital with a possible concussion. trAj. Marth lass BREAKFAST CHATTER A man injured in a recent 1 traffic accident in a county 1 adjoining Lehigh informs us that the coroner, who ap- peared at the scene of the, crash to examine the bodies of persons killed, is apparent-1 ly taking advantage of his; position. This 0 (a I physician) sends bills "for professionals i ren dered to injured, ine man who informed us reported that others were billed as he was. Hippocrates! Dan Holben, very active in affairs of Royal Arcanum, is attempting to keep fresh in the minds of all members the fact that Pennsylvania Grand Council sessions will take place July 11 and 12 in Allentown.

So he's sending all members a copy of America's largest newspaper, the Nantucket Island (Mass.) Inquirer and Mir- ror, a sheet so large that four subway riders could read it at same time. Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers have 23rd annual stockholders meeting and dinner next Thursday in L. V. Dairy auditorium Men's and Women's Teachers Clubs of Allentown will have joint meeting next Thursday at Elks Club A cop at Bethlehem City Hall observed t'other day, "This guy always walks into a bar optimistically and walks out misty-optically." And a local psychiatrist's wife, discussing problems of a teen-ager with a parent said, "Oh, I see. Suffering from malignant adolescence." Louis H.

Bean, nationally known political analyst, appears at 8 p.m. next Thursday at Muhl-nberg College to deliver lecture An "How to Predict." He will an swer questions after telling of his scientific methods for prediction. Harry Stokes, 121 N. Penn a patient at Sacred Heart Hospital since October, has had 19 blood transfusions. He is in need of 12 pints of blood to replenish stock taken from hospital bank.

Any donors? Seven Lehigh Valley area men are on dean's list at 1Uan0va Eugene Bilan, John Altmiller and Doaald Cashman, Bethlehem; Jo seph Mizgerd. Catasauqua; Ed ward Keglovits, Northampton: and Kalph Udicious and Edward Utsch. Allentown Lehigh County Red Cross will have first report meet' ing of current campaign at noon today in Hess Brothers tomraum tv Hall. 826 Linden The Rev. Charles R.

Zweizig, chairman of World Order Committee, Pennsyl vania Council of Churches, will ad dress Allentown Rotary at noon today In Americus Federal government is looking for auditors and accountants. Applications for Civil Service tests can be procured from Adolph Entler, Window 3. Allentown Post Office Distributive Education Club of AHS will have a fashion show next -Wednesday and Thursday Mrs. Esther Kuntz, Treichlers, has been discharged from Half Hos pital where she had been surgical patient FJl.a. Car Skids, Upsets; 3 Slightly Injured Three persons escaped W'ith minor injuries Thursday afternoon when a car skidded off rain-swept Route 611 south of Doylestown.

State police said the car was de molished after it upset. The driver was identified as Philip W. Sanford, 19, a Marine stationed at the Navy Hospital in Philadelphia. He had bruises of the face. Passengers in his car were Mrs.

Edith Kreisher, 39. of Perkasie R. 2. and her 6-year-old son, Gary Kreisher. Both had cuts and bruis es of the face and legs.

Intruders Loot Allentown Home Robert Smith, 110 N. Wood told Allentown police yesterday that intruders ransacked two rooms in his home sometime late truueauajr. Entry was-made by breaking a window on the south side of the building, police reported. A desk in the dining room and a cabinet in the kitchen were disturbed. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR QUALITY That is why so many Ladies purchase their apparel at EMIL E.

OTTO. The Shoppe of "Prestige Fashions," 639 ton St. Hamil- Police Believe Maryland Holdup Work of Bandits Tell CAC safd: "The voter is in command when he is in the voting booth. Whether a party has endorsed a or is accused of backing a candidate means nothing then. The person in the booth pulls the lever according to his or her conscience." Both Rabenold and Frantz opened by explaining how candi- dates are sought out and the dif- ficulties party officials have.

explaining how candidates are sought out and the difficulties officials have. 1 A Stigma "For some reason when an American takes an interest in politics, a stigma is placed on him; He is a Rabenold said. He said that the understanding public must help to eradicate this stigma. "By discrediting politics, you discredit government, and instead of getting better candidates for office, you get worse candidates," he said. Continued on Page 17, Column 3 Bridge Probe Told of Cost Of Dedication MILFORD, March 8 The spe cial legislative committee investigating charges of waste and ex travagance in the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to day amassed more testimony about the commission's financial affairs at a hearing here.

The new testimony came from Robert C. Phillips steward of the Tom Quick Inn at Muford, where the bridge group held dedi cation ceremonies ior me opening of the Milford Montague, N. toll bridge in 1953. The committee, which heard Phillips behind closed doors, said after the hearing that the inn steward told them the commission spent $1,322.44 for the dedication. Phillips was quoted as saying 127 guests attended "a dedication dinner, and that after the ceremony at the bridge, the guests returned to the inn where "there was an open bar for about an He reportedly said he didn't remember the names of the indivi dual commissioners who made the dinner arrangements.

He exhibit ed cash register tapes showing that the bill included $50 for flowers. $60 for a souvenir program, $'J0 for tips, $444.50 for the dinner- and $677.95 for liquor. Phillips also was quoted as say-in? the inn submitted bills $15 a night for lodging for instructors at a school of instruction at the bridge. The instructors stayed four nights a week for 10 weeks. After hearing Phillips' testimony, the committee members toured the bridge administration building.

State Asks for Bids To Widen Route 22 tt-u Pennsylvania iuss "r'" ment officials yesterday called tr.f Milt tnr rnntitnirtion of slizhtlv more than five miles of divided highway between Hamburg and Lenhartsville on Route 22 and a new bridge over the Schuylkill River at Hamburg. The troiect is part of the new mut which will earrv Route 22 outside Hamburg's limits. man wnen me auinomy wiu ci- ficially get the money. Start Any Time But the project's start doesn't have to wait until then. Selling of the bond issue, in effect, is a binding feature and can be considered the signal for the contrac tor to set machinery in motion to increase Bethlehem water sup ply.

"Work could start 10 days from no or whatever time it takes for the contractor to get geared for the lob R. L. Fox, the au thority's executive director, said. Holder of the general construc tion tontract is Lycoming Con Continued Page II. Columa 2 ,1 HE MORNING CALL, AUmujun, The intrepid young musicians of the Eastern District Orchestra in flood-stricken Warren County on a two-day concert date last night were reported safe and sound and ready, to play.

Among them are nine from the Lehigh Valley area, four boys and five girls. They left Bethlehem High School Wednesday nignt under the supervision of Dr. Joseph Ricapito before news of flood conditions reached them. Last night Ricapito reported: "All members of Eastern District Orchestra safe and sound and hav ing wonderful time. Message by Radio His message was sent from the town of Warren over a ham radio set, part of the American Radio Relav Leaeue network, and was picked up by Lehigh Valley radio hams.

The Rev. Henry Russell, rector of St. John's- Episcopal Church in Jim Thorpe, was one of the first amateur radio operators to report receiving the message. It arrived at 5:50 p.m., he said, 10 minutes before the network's scheduled sending time. Despite earlier reports of a cancelation, orchestra officials said the concert would go on as scheduled.

It will be held at Warren State Hospital instead of Beaty Junior High School Auditorium as nlanned originally. After news of the flood reached Lehigh Valley school officials, ef forts were made to have state police intercept the bus and return it to this area. Ricapito message indicates the bus got through. Since then, however, reports from Warren say all main traffic Latin America9 Today on Page 23 A Peruvian visit to Inca and pre-Inca ruins fascinates Evening Chronicle Editor Samuel W. Miller in his "Latin American Re port" today on Page 23.

Hurt at Work Harrison Nonnemacher, 30, of 14 S. 6th Allentown, was hurt at work late Wednesday night. A nail was driven into the palm of his left hand. He was treated at Sacred Heart Hospital. Operating in Loan company bandits struck yesterday afternoon in Havre de Grace, Md.

Police attempting to solve armed robberies of finance companies in Allentown, Easton and Lansdowne believe the latest holdup is the work of the same bandits. Two gunmen, in their early 20s, wearing jackets, entered the Cash and Loan Co. office in Havre de Grace shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday. They bound two women clerks and fled with $459.

Allentown Police Chief James L. Christine said investigators, learned of the robbery while interviewing possible suspects in the area holdups. The ones they are linked to are: Quaker State Finance Co. in Allentown. the Family Finance Co.

in Easton, and the Beneficial Finance Co. in Lansdowne. All were robbed in the daylight hours by bandits wearing jackets. They are not suspects tne armed holdups of the Queen City Finance Co. on Tuesday and the Earle and 19th St.

Theaters last Continues on Page 18, Column Iwho figure their budgets on real tiuuv estate valuations. Municipalities use both real es- tate and occupational valuations, in arriving at their annual budgets. Boost Sees In Falmenoo The biggest change this year will be for Palmerton residents, who, from all indications, will face a one mill increase in borough taxes and a $5 per capita tax. Since 1943, the borough has been operating with a tax rate of 13 mills and np per capita tax This rear, in addition to a de- crease of $557,334 in assessed real estate valuation, the borough has to reckon on operating expenses of between $14,000 and $15,000 for its borough building. The building, formerly known as Palmerton Millage Hike Near Bonds Sold, Start Near On Penn Forest Project Slash in Coal Land, Machinery Taxes Makes Carbon Sharpen Eye on Budgets An eight-million-dollar bond Is-jthey will yield investors 2 to 2.65 sue yesterday was sold by the'percent.

Bethlehem Authority for construe- Settlement time 'for the bonds By BETTY COSSMAX THOMAS Affecfed along with the munici-jthe Neighborhood House and oper-r rsrhnninsiitiiu thoir er-hnnl districts, atpd bv the New Jersev Zinc Grammes went to Atlantic Cityition of a six-billion gallon Pennlis a.m. mursaav, April iz. vesterdav to attend a three-day; annual conference of the Penn-'foothills of the Poconos. The proj-sylvania Contractors Assn. Sect will guarantee a firm water They were accompanied by Jo seph A.

Anderson, street superintendent. The Allentown officials plan to attend general conferences on municipal street problems. Ankle Sprained A truck driver for the R. F. Sell LCo.

of Bethlehem tripped and Four LUllUliUlUUtil UJ fcrvt Counuty, facing sharp decreases in assessed real estate valuation. are apparently able to weather the storm ithout excessive boosts in tax rates. But for some of their school districts, the picture isn't quite as fair. Decreases in assessed valuation on coal lands of approximately 24 per cent granted to three Panther Valley Coal companies have caused accompanying drops in assessed valuation of real estate in Lansford and Summit Hill bor- oughs and Mauch Chunk Township, Reductions mandatory under the state machinery tax exemption law! granted the New" Jersey Zinc Co. I Forest reservoir and dam in tne jsuppiy oi zu.i million gauons 10 Betnienem every cay oi ine year.

The successful bidder was Hal- sey, btuart ana oi York City, representing 21 financial houses. Its net average interest cost is 2.810733 per cent and it gave a premium of $1,120. The interest rate was termed "very good" by authority members and by C. C. Collings and the jcombme, wan Street tickers an- 'bonds are on the market and that supped on nis left aniae yesier-famaoruy specify oirea unau-dav.

jcial experts. The man was Raymond Casa-j Minutes after the authority sold grande, 23, of 315 E. Main the bonds to the Halsey-Stuart Pen Areyl. Allentown Hospital, injury as a sprained ankle. have also dropped Palmerton's as- Adv.lsessed real estate valuation..