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II DAILY INTELLIGENCER Mtflday, StptMlbtr If75 Homemade bombs deactivated Street Road renovations in Pittsburgh gas tanks PITTSBURGH (UPI) Bomb squads averted a possible catastrophe here Sunday by deactivating homemade explosive devices dropped in gasoline storage tanks at three area service stations in an alleged plot to extort $455 million from seven big oil firms Two men were arrested in Chicago and Virginia Satur- in lonneiuun wuh me nationwide-scheme against the Gulf, Exxon, Union, Phillips, Standard, Amoco and Texaco State News Review companies, who each received letters demanding $6.5 million The letters said several bombs would explode if the ransoms were not paid The FBI said the investigation was continuing but would not say whether more arrests A A bomb expert said a surprise explosion of any of the bombs could have stormed through an entire city block, since the fumes and gasoline in the storage tank would have combined with city gas mains. "We had a highly volitile situation there," said special FBI agent-m-charge Vincent Ruehl Buin'u squads woikeii wuh engineers of the oil firms to exhume the bombs so that deactivation could take place Trial resumes for man accused of murdering 2 GREENSBURG, Pa (UPI) The trial of George Fitzsim- Marriage licenses Marriage licenses have been issued in Bucks County as follows John Malogrmo, Blair Mill Village, Horsham and Barbara Douglas, 615 9lh Ave, Warmmster Paul Schwartz, Box 38, Colonial Park. Doylesiown and Patricia Reichwein, 17 Adams Ave Warmmster Ralph Lirno im Bonnie Brae Drive, Huntingdon Valley and Margaret Mullen, 231 Delmont Warminster Herman Glassey. 13 Clinton St, Doylestown and Wendy Hendncks, Lumbemlle Gary Dobson, 885 York Road, Warminster and Alma Gilbert, 679 Wallace Drive, Warmmster Thomas McGoldnck, 507 West Ave Jenkmtown and Terry Barker, 268 Poplar Road, Warmmster Fred Riffe, 347 Shire Court, Langtiorne and Cindy Seitter, 365 Newtown Road, Warmmster James Stubbs, 601 Mam Sellersville and Patricia Gwilliam, 321 Blooming Glen Road, Perkasie Alfred Huber, 105 A North Clinton Doylestown an" 1 Rosemary A Sirianni, 310 Saw Mill Lane, Horsham Bruce A Lishman. 23 Greene Road, Warmmster and Justine Knorr, 480 Gibson Ave, Warmmster William Warner, 697 Rogers Road.

Warmmster and Ruth A Mamo, same address Alan Kernen, West Walnut Colmar and Rosemarie Gelone, Box 88, Line Lexington Robert Millstone, 2196 Bristol Road, Wamngton and Shaun Faherty, 1174 Sirathmann Drive, Southampton Harold Mette 34 VanHorn Drive, Warmmster and Catherine Grill, 1575 Street Warmmster mons, accused of murdering his elderly aunt and uncle in Potter County with a hunting knife, was to resume today before Westmoreland County Court Judge Earl Keim Fitzsimmons' lawyer, F. Lee Bailey, was expected to complete his defense of Fitzsimmons before beginning his of Patty Hearst Fitzsimmons, 38, is accused of stabbing Euphresia and Dealton Nichols to death on Nov. 18, 1973, in their home in Roulette, Potter County He was found in possession of the murder weapon the morning of the crime and blood types matching his relatives' were found on his clothes His trial was recessed July 16 and he was committed to Farview State Hospital for 60 days Psychiatrists at the Wayne County institution said he was comptent to stand trial Fitzsimmons has been lodged in the North Huntingdon County Jail for the last three weeks He was found not guilty in 1969 because of insanity of the karate chop murders of his parents and was admitted to Buffalo State Hospital in New York He was married shortly after his release and moved to Roulette, where he beat his wife, Beverly Kaplan, two months before the Nichols' deaths His wife died later of natural causes, but her mother filed a $1 million suit in 1974 against i i "precipitating death by the attack He inherited $123,000 from his parents and was the sole heir to his uncle's $80,000 estate Bailev is being paid 000 from a trust fund to defend Fitzsimmons In two cases, the devices were removed without draining the huge tanks Robert J. Clark, a member of the deactivation team, said, "We were all nervous. But we didn't think about the danger once we got started.

We got wrapped up in the job." a throughout the night and defused the last bomb about 5 a.m Sunday ai an dUdiitiuata racetrack The three bombs were constructed with a 15-inch steel 1 pin designed to ignite a shotgun shell when acid ate through a catch. Agents would not say how they were tipped off to the location of the bombs, which they said were a dropped in the tanks at night. Paul Douglass Methven of Virginia Beach and Larry Shaffer of Chicago have been charged with extortion after being arrested at their homes They are believed to be responsible for setting three other bombs that exploded elsewhere but caused minor damage. Seven bombs have now been located by the FBI, including the three found at Exxon, Amoco and dull service stations here could be 2 to 5 years away Community Calendar MONDAY NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY SCHOOL BOARD will meet at 8 in the elementary school I ZONING HEARING BOARD will meet at 7 30 at the township building, 425 Wells Road PENNRIDGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AUTHORITY meets at 8 in the Perkaste Borough Hall on Chestnut Street The meeting was posponed from Sept 22 WARMINSTER BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE meets at 8 in the township building, Henry and Gibson avenues A I SUPERVISORS will hold a public meeting at 8 at the township building on Horsham Road to consider adoption of an ordinance designating "Area a a Horsham) for an extension of sewer service (the Park Creek sewer Line) HORSHAM TOWNSHIP SEWER AUTHORITY meets at 7 45 at the township building on Horsham Road for its monthly public meeting EAST I TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS i hold a public hearing on a proposed new planned residential development at 7 30 in the township building on Ridge Road east of Perkasie I ASSOCIATION meets at 8 in the firehouse on Liberty Street CHALFONT BOROUGH holds a public curative amendment hearing at Unarm Junior High School, 161 Moyer Road at 7 30 TUESDAY I I A I COMMISSION meets at 8 the Township Building A HOMEOWNERS' A I A I a organizational meeting at 8 m. in the township building, 117 Park Ave Willow Grove 'No nolirv nuts U.S.

at Arabs' mercv' By SCOOP LEWIS PHILADELPHIA--Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb warned that unless Congress comes up with a national energy policy the oil embrago of two years ago "will look like a picnic" Addressing the 73rd annual convention of the American A i A i a i (AAA) at the Bellevue Stratford here, Zarb said that without an energy policy, the United States would be more vulnerable to another embargo by Mideast oil producers and to unilateral hikes in oil prices When does Zarb foresee enactment of such a policy' "Hopefully, most of it could be accomplished by the end of the year," he said. "It's just a matter of guts on the part of the legislators to get it done before the presidential election While he was speaking to nearly 1,000 AAA delegates, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), meeting in Vienna, Austria, was discussing oil prices and pricing methods Telford man wins $30,000 in lottery Harold a of Telford won 830,000 in the Pennsylvania "Baker's Dozen" lottery winners i Stella a of Yardley, S2000, i Rieglsville. S600: Albert Blackman of Chalfont, S100, Mabel Billings of New Hope, S100. and Donald Gorczynski of Warmmster, $100 Mooseschedule 10 fall events Uoylestown Moose Lodge has scheduled 10 events at its clubhouse on East State Street The events and dates are. Saturday, Oct.

4, beef and music 50. Sunday, Oct 12, breakfast, $150, Friday, Oct 17, class enrollment, Saturday, Oct. 18, steak and music, $450; Friday, Oct 24, clams, Monday, Oct 27, Veterans Day; Saturday, Nov 8 steak and class. 50, Sunday, Nov 9, break fast; Friday, Nov 14, and Saturday, Nov. 22, International music night.

Recalling the days "when gas was 19 9 cents a gallon ard they gave a a six glasses," the energy boss said, "the trouble is we went from cars to chrome-plated gunboats We sold out to cheap oil and today we're paying the price" Zarb contends a national energy program can achieve "our goals for energy, the economy and the environment together We can be invulnerable by 1985" From a total of $3 billion in 1970, Zarb pointed out, "our oil import costs jumped to $25 billion last year--and that's enough money to pay the yearly salaries of over a million and half American workers, or fully 20 per cent of those who are unemployed in the country today" The AAA a in business yesterday orooosed tax incentives be given for buyers of economy that studded tires be banned from the nation's highwavs and uniform standards be mainlined for driver education instructors in both schools and commercial driving courses The three-day convention concluded last night Crash kills driver, 23 UNIONTOWN, Pa (UPI)A New Jersey man was killed Sunday in a two-car collision on Rt 281 a half mile south of Rt 40 Fayette County A Gerber 23 of Tabernacle, was dead on arrival a i i a Ronald Shger of Fnendsville, the driver of the other car, and his three-year-old daughter Amy were treated and released from the hospital Speaking more directly to the AAA delegates, Zarb said "The a system--consumer demand met quickly by automobile manufacturers--is producing important increases in the fuel efficiency of the American automobile fleet." He pointed to just-released 1975 fuel economy figures, showing a 266 per cent improvement over 1974 averages For the first time, he added, two -made cars made the top five in fuel efficiency Zarb also said he favors enforcement of the 55 miles-per- hour speed limit, even if it means federal enforcement Doylestown Chiropractic Center by Appointment 348-3751 33 SWAMP RD. CROSS KEYS DOYLESTOWN ELECTROLUX SALES SERVICE 536-9394 NEW IN TOWN? in us PUT OUT THE MAT PHM. 674-5105 EXTERIOR SPECIAl JnyU.S.Car) 28" WAXING SIMONIZING INSIDE RUG SHAMPOO PIN STRIPING VINYL ROOFS PICK-UP AND DELIVERY AVAILABLE TE AUTO RECONDITIONING North Main East Doylestown, Pa. Phone 345-999 SPECIAL VEAL CORDON BLEU Appetizer: Shrimp La Maze or Bean Soup. lll VEGCTilU SOUS, DiSSERT i fiWERAGf By MARK J.

SMITH Help is on its way for five Bucks County communities beset with traffic congestion on Street Road. Unfortunately, that help may be three to five years away. Street Road, the primary east-west highway in Lower Bucks, is slated to get a major facelift under the federally- fuuded Topics (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program. The facelift, which would include an ovtoncivp of left hand turning lanes, road widening, and possible median barriers and jughandle turns, will bring traffic relief to Bensalem, Lower Southampton, Upper Southampton, a i a a i townships. Thursday night, officials from those municipalities learned construction on the $2 to $3 million project will not begin for at least 2 to 3 years David Humphreys, Topics coordinator in Bucks, told a small gathering at the Bensalem Township Building, "'We're pushing for two to three (years) to start, and praying it won't be four or five." Humphreys, noting preliminary discussion of the Street Road project began in the early 1970s, said the Bucks County Planning Commission, which is Loordiiidimg the planning cffoit, has not been sleeping since then.

"We want to let the municipalities know we're here and we're moving," said Vito Genua, project engineer from the State Department of Transporta- tion (PennDot). Genua and Humphreys, accompanied by Vince Volpe, Bucks County transportation planner, presented preliminary sketches of the planned Street Road improvements. Those sketches reveal. An option of Street Road over- passing Bustleton Pike in Lower Southampton 7 pndins one of the more prominent traffic boondoggles in Bucks. Major widening of the road at the Kevstone Race Track entrance in Bensalem Township, and installation 01 exit lanes which would eliminate the traffic ilght for eastbound motorists who aren't entering the track.

Those cars turning left into the track would enter a deacceleration lane and would be subject to the light. Cars leaving the track wanting to turn east onto Street Road also would be subject to the light They would enter an acceleration ramp which would merge onto the eastbound passing lane Jughandle turns as alternate plans a i A i Lower Southampton and Gravel Hill Road in Upper Southampton Installation of a fifth "turning" lane in the busy stretch between Hulmeville Road and Knights Road in Bensalem -ii-i Fiqfn i i UUU cio -plan between Maple Avenue and Davisville Road in Upper Southampton a Police i a Michaels, plagued by traffic problems Chief Michaels was less pleased with the prospect of a fifth turning lane in the middle of his bustling Street Road jurisdiction. He favored a series of median barriers and jughandle turns. Referring to cars waiting in the turning lane to cross traffic, Michaels said, "True, they're out of the way of traffic moving the same way, but they've still got to light their way anuss two lanes created by the race track, said the Topics plan for the track intersection is "co rrmrti better than those we have it's pathetic." Sgt. Alex Mocknatch, Bensalem's traffic safety officer, said the new plan has "got to be better than what we've got now.

It (the track intersection) is suicide." of traffic moving the other way." Humphreys said more extensive use of barriers and jughandles "is not precluded" by the Topics data collection study which already has been completed "If we can get the support of the local municipalities, we can do that," he said. Genua noted jughandles require more land and could disrupt commercial development in more developed areas along the road Local government officials might think twice before disturbing such areas, he said Because Upper Southampton is still fairly undeveloped in comparison to its neighbors, Volpe said barriers and jughandles could be recommended there Elegant lead imported from the North of France, is yours from Philadelphia National Bank. Simply open or add to your PNB savings account Deposit 2 Glasses 2 Glasses Tumblers or Stemware 1st $25 2nd $25 3rd $25 $3.95 plus tax $3.95 plus tax FREE or $5.50 plus tax or $5.50 plus tax or FREE PHONE 257-9954 FRENCH ELEGANCE AT DOMESTIC PRICES. Special offer on imported lead crystal just for saving at PNB. You can build an entire collection just by making additional $25 deposits and purchasing the crystal of your choice from a selection of six elegant styles.

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