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239 HOME DH.IVBRY 75 CENTS Delaware County TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1973 PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS U.S. bombing in Cambodia may end WILLIAM GOOLSBY, 53, is the first black to become a member of the Delaware County Board of Realtors. His daughter Jacqueline Loper, who works in his Media office, has just taken the test to obtain her real estate license. CHA bias Black man charge upheld Commonwealth Court Monday upheld portions of a state order finding the Chester Housing Authority (CHA) guilty of racial discrimination practices in tenant assignment procedures. But the court rejected portions ol a Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (HRC) order which gave specific details on how CHA should move to achieve racial balance in its four older housing projects.

It was the specifics of the 10-point HRC order to which CHA objected most strongly and Francis G. Pileggi, CHA solicitor, today a i a i with Commonwealth Court order. got our argument across," Pileggi said. Two of the. specifics in the HRC order would have required HRC to change its tenant assignment policy to achieve a racial ratio in each of all four projects the same as the over-all racial ratio in the four projects Combined.

achieve this ratio 74 per cent black and 26 per cent white HRC had ordered CHA to rent vacant units only to blacks in the currently all-white McCaffery Village project until the 74-26 ratio was achieved. HRC also wanted the reverse procedure adopted renting vacant units only to whites -in the other three projects Lamokin Village, Ruth L. Bennett Homes and William Penn Homes. Lamokin Village and Bennett I currently are 100 per cent black occupied and William Penn is 1 virtually all black. While rejecting the HRC requested tenant assignment request.

Commonwealth Court did uphold a portion of the HRC calling upon CHA to establish new written standards for the assignment of vacant housing units and submission of the 1 standards to HRC. Stanton W. Kratzok, former HRC counsel who tried the CHA case, saw this and other points upheld as a victory for HRC. "We have won most of the ball game, but we it the way we wanted to," he said. Pileggi said that because the current tenant a i policy is one of two approved by the U.S.

Department of i a a Development (HUD), the Commonwealth Court order apparently means CHA will have.to confer with HUD and HRC to work out a new tenant assignment policy. The unanimous opinion of Commonwealth Court written by Judge James C. Crumlish was the result of a CHA appeal of an HRC order of April 24, 1972. The H'RC order came after a public hearing on the case in August, 1971. Magistrates' group ends READING, Pa.

(AP) The Pennsylvania Magistrates Association will be dissolved Wednesday when it ends its 75th and final convention here. The organization, whose convention opened Monday, will become the Court of Initial Jurisdiction. District Justices only will be members of the new organization. The present association includes district justices, justices of the peace and aldermen. Realtor for all people By LYNN RANKIN Daily Times Correspondent MEDIA When William Goolsby of Cheyney was inducted into the 53-year-old Delaware County Board of Realtors in April he became the first black Realtor in Delaware County.

Goolsby moved his office from North Philadelphia, where he had been a member of the North Philadelphia Board of Realtors, to 111 S. Manchester Ave. last November. His Realty office is the only active real' estate office in the county run by a black person. However, he doesn't see himself solely as a Realtor for the black community.

"If I were an auto salesman I would certainly sell to everyone, 1 he said. "Housing is different. I'm a Realtor for people." A licensed real estate broker since 1966, he started in his own business in North Philadelphia- because "It was very difficult to get listings and cooperation from other offices in the area at that time." The climate for a black person In the field of real estate has changed drastically since the 1950s and '60s, he said. In addition to what he felt were discriminatory practices by other brokers in the '60s, Goolsby also said he received no reply from several governmental housing agencies active in the area at the time he had applied. Other benefits include association with other professionals in the same field, having a source for expert Information and continuing education in the field of real estate.

His welcome fay other members of the board has been good, he feels. "There have been no ugly incidents either with Realtors or customers," he said. Several associates, Including his instructor at. the indoctrination course, commented favorably upon the inclusion of a black Realtor among their See BLACK, Page 14 Inside your Daily Times Environment versus energy. Can we have both? Page 6.

Bridal couples write vows to make wedding ceremonies more meaningful. Page 8. Would you get your head shaved for Section 2, Rowing a 'boat isn't so easy when you're competing against the world's best. Page 16. Amusements Arts Bridge Classified Ads Comics 2 Community Clock Correspondents' List 26 Crossword Puzzle Death Notices 4 18 12 26 -25 27 7 26 27 Editorials Financial News Horoscope Junior Editors Obituaries Outlook Section Sports Television 6 19 26 26 4 8, 9 16-18 26 'Realistic cease-fire' reached in Paris talks SAIGON (AP) The Vietnam document being worked out in Paris calls for a realistic cease-fire within 24 hours after signing and includes timetables tor other provisions of the original truce, Saigon government sources said today.

The informants said the plan being drawn up fay Henry A. Kissinger and Hanoi's Le Due Tho also calls for implementation of Article 20 of the original pact. If observed, this could mean an end to U.S. bombing in Cambodia. Kissinger and Tho were to resume discussions today in the French capital in an effort to John Dean receives setback WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge today granted immunity for ousted White House Counsel John W.

Dean to testify before the Senate Watergate committee, and refused to block live radio and television coverage of his testimony. U.S. Dist. Judge John J. Sirica also ordered Dean to testify before the Watergate grand jury, but without immunity.

Dean's has said his client would refuse to answer grand jury questions on grounds of possible self-incrimination. Sirica's rulings were a setback for Dean, who has failed to win a grant of immunity from prosecutors. He now will appear at the grand jury before he appears at the Senate hearings, making it somewhat less difficult for federal prosecutors to build a case against him. They have said Dean was at the center of a plot to cover up the Wiretapping scandal. a lawyers Monday asked Sirica to quash a summons ordering him to appear before the grand jury.

WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate Watergate investigation is moving rapidly to the testimony of major witnesses while ignoring demands that its televised hearings be blacked out or postponed. With the Watergate committee set to hear former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans, a U.S. District Court judge was to rule on requests that limited immunity from prosecution be granted two other witnesses in exchange for their Senate testimony. They are former presidential Counsel John W.

Dean III and Jeb Stuart Magruder, former deputy director of the Committee for the Re-election of the President. Chief Judge John J. Sirica also was to rule on a request by Archibald Cox, the special Watergate, prosecutor, that television-radio coverage be barred during the testimony of such witnesses as Magruder and Dean. The hearings themselves came under attack Monday from Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.

He said in St. Louis that he believes they are -blocking the search for truth, bes- See MAJOR, Page 14 work out tighter enforcement of original, much-abused cease-fire pact for Vietnam. The motives for releasing the draft of the Paris document were not clear immediately, but sources said Saigon may have been annoyed over what they claimed were efforts by President Nixon and Kissinger to gain a last measure of concessions from President Nguyen Van Thieu. Thieu met with his national security council again today to go over communications received from. Paris and Washington.

They were delivered to him by acting U.S. Ambassador Variable cloudiness with a chance of thundershowers tonight; low 70. Partly cloudy not as warm Wednesday with showers likely; high 87. on Page 14. Daily Sunday.

18-26 E. 8th Pa. 19016 Want Ads TR 4-5252. All TR 6-1651. 75c Charles Whitehouse, which indicated that the wording of the 14-point communique may be under revision in preparation for today's Paris talks.

The communique was scheduled to be signed last Saturday, but Thieu balked. Article 20 of the original pact says the United States, North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong shall respect the neutrality of Cambodia and Laos. There are truce agreements in Vietnam and Laos, but none in Cambodia. The sources who made public the draft of the 14-point com- munique said the plan does not RICHARD F. MC CANN 'Cyclist killed crash Upper Darby bank robbed by two men UPPER DARBY A pair of unshaven bandits, one of whom held employes at bay with a pistol, escaped with more than $3,000 in cash Monday afternoon from the Western Savings Bank branch at 1500 Garrett Road.

Township police and FBI sources said the two men entered 'hhe bank about 2:45 p.m., 15 minutes before the branch was scheduled to close. While one covered the employes and one customer, the second stuffed $3,026 from two tellers' cages into a brown paper bag. The men were observed running through the bank's parking lot and were last seen as they entered an apartment building next door, the sources said. UPPER DARBY Richard F. McCann, who graduated Friday from Monsignor Bonner High School, died Monday afternoon in Delaware County Hospital of injuries suffered hours earlier in the collision of his motorcycle and an auto on West Chester Pike, three blocks from his home.

McCann, 17, of 202 N. Lynn was driving east on West Chester Pike toward his home at 11:30 a.m. when his cycle collided with the rear of a oar driven by George Martinek, 28, of Wilmington, at Cloverdale Avenue. McCann was taken by township police to Delaware County Hospital where he died at 3 p.m. of head and internal injuries.

Martinek was charged with involuntary manslaughter and released in his own recognizance at an arraignment before District Justice of the Peace C. Perry Liverton pending a Delaware County Coroner's inquest: Young McCann, who planned to attend Penn State University in the fall, was employed in the snack bar of the Philadelphia Electric Company's private golf course. He was the son of Francis D. McCann and Beatrice Saldutti McCann. Born in Darby, he was a lifelong Upper Darby resident.

He was a member of St. Laurence Church, 8245 West Chester Pike. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Linda, and a brother, Stephen, both at home; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna Allen, of Lansdowne; and his paternal grandfather, Daniel McCann, of Miami, Fla. The funeral will be at 9 a.m.

Thursday from the Donohue Funeral Home, 8401 West Chester Pike, followed at 10 a.m. by a mass of the resurrection in St. Laurence's Church. Calling hours will be Wednesday evening at the funeral home. add basic provisions to the original agreement.

But the pact provides a timetable for implementing some of the original stipulations. Timetable provisions affecting the United States and North Vientam include: --An immediate halt of U.S. reconnaissance flights over the North. -Resumption of U.S. minesweeping operations in North Vietnamese waters within five days after signing and completion within 30 days.

--Resumption of talks on postwar reconstruction aid to Hanoi four days after signing. --Resumption of negotiations of a joint economic committee with 15 days. The sources said the plan also calls for a meeting of opposing Vietnamese battlefield commanders at points of direct conflict within 48 hours to avoid hostilities. The document showed that Saigon objected to three points. They are: wording used in delineating zones of control, establishment of a Council of National Reconciliation and Concord without linking it to a definite timetable for elections and per- See Page 14 Spelling champ finds memorial cool Beth relaxes in capital By CHARLENE CANAPE Daily Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D.C.

Beth Silverman, 12, spent her first day in the city relaxing. The Marple-Newlown Junior High School 7th grader and her mother, Mrs. Marvin J. Silverman, 202 Parkview Drive. Marple, arrived early Monday at the Mayflower Hotel, wnere the National Spelling Bee is being held.

After registering with Bee officials, Beth joined 77 other spellers for a tour which included stops at the National t-a't Lincoln and Memorials and. Arlington National Cemetery. Beth appreciated the Jefferson Memorial not only because of its beauty but because the structure afforded an escape from the intense heat. Beth attended a mixer for the spellers Monday evening while her mother attended a get together for the families. Forty girls are among this year's Bee contestants, while 38 are boys.

Although most contestants are anywhere from 11 to 14 years old, a 10-year-old, Charles Speigh, from Waynesboro, is contending in this year's Bee. One contestant, a i Trinkle, from Ft. Worth, Texas, is competing in the national competition for the consecutive year. He finished fifth in the 1972 Bee. Today Beth and the other spellers were scheduled to visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the John F.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Museum of History and Technology at the Smithsonian Institute. The spellers were to visit Georgetown, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon, coming back from Mt. Vernon on the steamer M.V. George Washington -Tuesday afternoon.

The National Spelling Bee finals will begin in the Mayflower grand ballroom. Wednesday morning. Dr. Richard R. Baker, professor and chairman of the department of philosophy at University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, will serve as pronouncer for his 13th consecutive year.

Chief judge at the Bee will be Leroy C. Dillard, retired executive assistant to the vice superintendent, public schools of the District of Columbia, and now a Washington banker. He will be assisted by John H. Lloyd, Washington representative for a i Magazine, me. and Boutwell, Crane-Moseley Associates; and by Robert E.

Baker, assistant dean, school of education for advanced graduate studies, George Washington University. -A new national champion win $1000 in cash plus a weekend trip to New York city. His or her school will receive a trophy cup and an engraved plaque. The top speller will also a ruby-set gold medal. Schools close early in wake oi heat wave Some schools were closed early and many highways buckled under the extreme heat wave which saw the mercury soar to a record tying 93 degrees Monday.

The National Weather Service at Philadelphia International Airport expects another record tying day as the thermometer is expected to hit 95 degrees. The last time the mercury struck 93 on June 11 was in 1947. Today's record is 95 again set in 1947. The weatherman said some relief is in sight as a cool front is heading for the area and should bring some cooling temperatures by Wednesday. "A cold frontal system is scheduled to move through Wednesday.

It will trigger some shower activity and will bring slightly cooler air to the area," the weatherman said. (Monday's heat forced the early closing of some schools including Chichester High School See SCHOOLS, Page 14 Joseph Reilly, contractor, dies Joseph A. ReiHy of 908 S. Providence Road, Providence, vice president of the Chester Improvement and former co-owner of Colony Hotel, Chester, died Monday night at his home. The Thomas A.

Reilly Front and Reaney Chester, was founded by his grandfather and named for his father. AP WIREPHOTO CHAMPION SPELLER Beth Silverman takes in Washington, D. C..

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