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The Delaware Valley's Great Home Newspaper Wednesday Evening, March 19, 1958 Second Front Page U.S. Steel Says Taxes Endangering Economy NEW YORK (UP i lems. It said tax trends of our history, heed had States Steel Corp. says current appear designed to make the best be 14 Firemen Barely Escape Death In Five-Alarm Blaze Double Check Carrier Program personal and corporate incomej free enterprise system taxes have reached levels where "individual incentive and job- Report Says providing industrial growth anc The report said: b.irg seriously saying. power to tax The company devoted a the to destioy, is brings are of deep concern to erable part of its annual report, not an outworn adage: it is a released yeserday, to tax proh- deadly warning to which, at this Board Chairman Roger M.

Blough, referring to the current eccnomic recession, said seriousness of this situation is fully comprehended and the hardships Going He added: basic economic progress of the nation is, however, certain ployment will soon re- In Circles By MAURY ALLEN to continue and it is hoped em- fleet that basic As previously reported, U.S. Steel chalked up the highest sales and earnings in its history last year. Sales were $4.413,806.173, with $4,228.877,241 in 1956. Net income rose to $419,406.9.56 equal to $7.33 a common frnm OQH Qtfi nr CA share, from $348,098,916, or a share, in 1956. Kaiser Talks Off Today Bette Botel and Sylvia Braver- called a Sac which becomes man.

secretaries in the Bristol her very Township Municipal Building. The diary date March 2, probably never had it so good. 1669. Everywhere they nothing but men. You Just never know what you The FBI is conducting a police.can on a street, school in the municipal building! Eleanor 81 tan- with about 40 officers in the die Cobalt Ridge, is firmly class.

Including the officers of convinced of that after looking the township police forcc, the ex- her window yesteiday and meetings are set today for tra men crowd the building with seeing a wtlite representatives of Kaiser Metal quite a supply of males. to a 8 1 Products, Bristol, and Local Sylvia tripped on an ash Mrs; Feinberg explained that 130, United Auto Workers, for the uhi'lp walking through the build- the horse apparently discussion of contract proposals mg and Bette was "amazed that scaped from its owner, who won and counter-proposals, so many men could be around at a Pr'ze- and started to stroll The two factions met for about one time. down the street. njne hours yesterday. The ses- They certainly have been able Passing milkman found the sjon eniiecj about 7 p.m.

yester- to get their work done, however, and UP await its fiay and no arrangements were with all that police protection ounei- discussed for a future available. last reports the animal was Management officials, back in its home made barn. indicated the talks may resume tomorrow. More than 80 employes have been laid off at the Kaiser commercial plant on Rad-! cliffe Bristol. The company has declared it will close down the commercial operation if the union does not agree to the con- SAN FRANCISCO tract il announced on Feb.

28. Since then, the union has come up with a detailed contract counterproposal. Union and manage Two Courier-Times carrier boys and a circulation department district manager climb atop the newspaper plant to double check the news about the new carrier advancement program. The plan is designed to send top carriers on an all-expense paid camping It seems that man's battle against the sack dress is far from a new one. Jane Travis, sales promotion director at has turned up a diary of Samuel Pepys which stated, wife this day put on her first French gown.

Bookmobile Vavy Tells Of Sub Hunt 400 Residents Hear Twp. Sewer Plans Navy conducted a secret three- day search last week end for what might have been a foreign submarine lurking off the Califor(Continued from Page acts as intermediary in loans said search for from the State Library. j. unidentified underwater ob-j Most of the county bookmobile negative results, service has been in communities! object was detected byj which lack free libraries during a routine naval for school collections. 50 miles northwest ot.

San Francisco's Golden Gate on' By GORDON PARKER Courier-Times Staff Writer More than 400 Bristol Township ment have been discussing these last night heard plans proposals for week. more than one Public Works (Continued from Page 1) to install sanitary sewer lines in eight communities at a public meeting held in Delhaas High School. The meeting was called by the Sewer Development Committee of the Bristol Township Board of Commissioners. The chairman, Leonard B. Sokolove, explained Fifty-four of the stations a schools.

They range in size from; the Walter Miller school in The Navy rushed 11 destroyers construction undertaken at the Mown. With 23 classrooms and San Diego to take part feasible and appropriate pi ogram. 940 pupils, to Dublin Borough search. Also taking part were tlme- 1 lhe communities School, a one-room schnolhnnse submarine Diodon; the de- with 23 first and second-graders. escort George; the Coast On one of the biggest days Guard cutter Gresham; the mine each month the bookmobile hunter Waxbill; three squadrons included in Cole also was directed to re- the sewer Plan Winder Vil- virvv the status of all public hous- Belardley, Rockdale, Broad- ing projects on which construction Manor, West Bristol Annex, not started and.

coopera- Laings Garden and makes three stops in Bensalem Patrol bombers from the Ala-jtion with local officials, take all Manoi, Residents of Township at schools with a total meda Naval Air Station and reasonable and feasible steps to Rath Road communities also at- squadrons sent from Los Alami- see that any obstacles remaining tenck'd meeting, tos near Los Angeles. eliminated and the construe-! Sokolove said the commission- The search ended Monday night tion of such projects is promptly ers wanted to install sewer lines wherever possible in the town- Croydon Home Ready To Note Christmas A Coast Guard engineer rom Croydon will celebrate Christmas at home on Friday second day of Spring. Engineer First Class William E. Auty, 1318 Maple who Is returning to the United States aboard the ice- jreaker "West after a ive month tour on at the South Pole. His wife, Mrs.

Mildred Auty, said going to set up a tree and everything for a real On hand to meet Auty at he Brooklyn Navy Yards will je Mrs. Auty and their six Joyce, 14; Joanne, II; Billy, nine; Bobby, five; James, three; and Buddy, two. trip this summer. Checking the headline sign (from left), are: Allen Freeman, District Manager Pete Stuebing, and Paul drine. (Courier-Times Photo).

Bank Robbery Loot? $50,000 Treasure Map Being Probed Get Out Of Building As Ceiling Falls: PHILADELPHIA (UP) Fourteen firemen, including two high 'ranking officials, narrowly escaped from beneath a collapsing, flaming ceiling after being flooded by an explosion rs a five-alarm I fire destroyed a West Philadelphia I warehouse last night. The blaze gutted the electrical appliance retail warehouse of the Cobbs Creek Elecfric and routed residents from 25 nearby homes. Deputy Fire Commissioner George K. Hink said the ed in the rear of the one-story, 200-foot long brick building shortly after 7:30 p.m. Hink, Deputy Fire Chief John Marynowitz and 12 other firemen were almost halfway into blazing building when Hink noticed signs of danager.

He said jusU as he told his men to out of here a pressure explosion knocked all of them off their feet, The whole ceiling buckled. 1-flnk said, and then one section crasicd down on the blazing furniture. A few seconds the firemen retreated, the entire ceilfbg, with its huge wooden rafters, collapsed in a blazing splash of flames. 2 Hink said expanding hot in a thfee-foot air space between a fa'se ceiling and the warehouse roof caused the explosion, i For a time the flames burned iso fiercely that it was feared the walls would burst and spread the fire to a nearby row of 13 homes. But firemen climbed to roofs of the endangered homes and pour- led water across the narrow alley.

Courthouse Plans Ready Plans for the new Bucks Cmin- Twp. To Hear Zone Requests PHILADELPHIA (UP) all that is necessary. If I thorities today were investigating come, take all." to determine the authenticity of a jt was and' note and a map found in an old; was dated Feb. 6, 1929. typewriter by a repairman whhhj Under (he message was a crude- told of a $50,000 treasure buried drawn map showing location of near Fresno, Calif.

the buried treasure. 'lhe note was discovered inside FBI officials here said their tv Courthouse are practically a typewriter platen, or roller byj records of bank thefts do not go completed. Chairman John T. Daniel Machon. 21.

of Phi.adei-, beyond 1933. when they first gain- Welsh of the Bucks County corn- phia, a Western Union jurisdiction over such crimes, missioners said today, with same er repairman. a check of the serial number of final approval needed before con- Machon was making routine re- the typewriter through Western struetion can begin, pairs to the typewrit at the records, which go back on- lhe plans will soon be subrwit- shop when he discovered ly to 1940, showed machine ted to the commissioners. he couldn't push a small metal had been used in five cities in luesday, Welsh said, he will shaft through the center opening Pennsylvania and New Jersey, jnounce the dates tor letting of the roller. finds Note He investigated and found note tightly rolled inside the er.

It said: hurt. Knife wound severe. $50,000 hid well. Machon said the roller probably! bids and starting work, was 50 years old and had been: The new county building will recovered for use some 25 to 30 be erected on the site of the of 1,494 pupils. Through Year The Bensalem Township stops are made through the year and after the shiPs and planes had begun.

serve the playground programs. 225 square miles of The federal government par- ship. But he said he wanted to The second bookmobile will ocean tially subsidizes such projects to make sure the residents wanted The Bristol Township Board of from Fresno. Location on map service six more schools, but ha(l found the uniden- make possible low rentals for the sewers. will consider five, will be used mainly to increase tified submarine, they had orders benefit of poorer families.

James Darrah of the W. Spen- requests for zoning changes at a the flow of books to adults. signal charges asking it to The new administration move cer Erwin engineer firm, which special meeting tonight. The. present courthouse in Doyles- Fresno and Los Angelos police but covcr considerably have been asked to check.

You take Highway 99, eight miles more space. The commissioners and the architects two years estimated the cost at $5 to $6,000 000 present, only 14 of the 68 stops are adult book stations. The library staff, under Mrs. Smith, includes Mrs. Helen Boyer, assistant librarian, Mrs.

Eleanor Elfman, driver and assistant librarian, and Roswell Eddy, driver. Another assistant librarian will be employed. The county free library has operated less than a year, but started some three years earlier. Mrs. Smith was made chairman the library committee of the Vodka, Food Chase Hope Proposal (Continued from Page 1) ment spending, warned that 800 homeowners.

It was point-1 From residenUl commercial1 change in zoning of sites near contract Congress passes a big tax cut ed out that this iigure may be lot on south side ()f Woerner schools was approved. The LCA most notorious criminal, to check the recession came is a consultant to the township, rneeting will be held in the mu- amid these developments: costs to provide sewers to nicipal building, 85 Holly Drive, Harry F. Bvrd. the Sen- the eight communities have been Levittown, starting at 7:30 p.m. ate's leading foe of high govern-estimated at $5 a front foot for' The requested changes rr ri 1 triminal CHARLESTON.

W. Va. fUP)- West Virginia has awarded a to its the government mav find itself slightly higher when financing Ave. abutting saddled with a 15 billion dollar and other costs are figured in. Leviitown- Commissioner James Monte, Kiwams Club Meeting For Party The regular meeting of the Levittown Kiwanis Club, scheduled for tonight, has been canceled in favor of a St.

Patrick's Qav Party Friday at Washington Crossing Inn. The club will hold a round table deficit this year. Even without a JHUUlc tax cut. Bvrd said, the represents most ot the resKldtential ment is pell into munities 1 ------J 41------ 13 acres between Bath Road and involved, urged those a prison Indian Creek, cn record anfniinmate convicted of three mur-, ht lhe starl thing but residential zonm. disclosed today ing at 7 o'clock school areas.

Not only did Hollie Griffith, The group also passed a reso- secure the contract for manufac- lution opposing the sale of any unifl.rms foi the party wiU include danCing and a MOSCOW (UP) Comedian multi-billion dollar red ink spend-1present to fill out in- 43' use which has creational law enforcement officers but he Slated for 9 p.m., the Friday Bob Hope told Soviet Minister of ing- dicating whether they were in fa Culture Nikolai Mikhailov today House moved toward vor or opposed to the sewer plan. quested by Marie Purvin; marked for rec From residential to M-l purposes in the deed giving the ajs0 arranged for use of prison Bucks County Federation of that vodka is an alcohol; expected this He also volunteers to light industry tract on Mill property to the townships from; facilities to carry it out. Women's Clubs. Convinced coun- rub on the inside." I of the first big anti-recession bill, distribute the to every Creek Road and Green Lane Levitt and Sons. i Disclosure of the contract was ty-wide free library service was He diplomatically declined to a Democratic-spohsored measure home in the areas.

owned by J. Russell and Mildred Thomas Horan. Health and macje by Finance and Admin- long overdue in Bucks, she dis- prolong his stay in the Soviet to stimulate House-building with------------------------------- Safety Committee chairman, Commissioner George B. cussed the problem with Dr Union because he said he had 1.850.000.000 in mortgage-buying 55 Exfra Pay Given From residential to M-l said the Department of who said it was dis- In Intersection Crash eS. eating too much since his light industry-23 acres off Bris- and Waters has assured the covered only recently by top-level a car driven by David Piscopo, Kahn talk on at the regular weekly meeting.

Morrisville Auto Hit superintendent who is now state arrival superintendent of public instruc- together with vodka is a powerful combination," he told ookmobde the minjster nope jn Russia Dr. Boehm suggested the Mevisim roal.rial library on wheels, used success- hu Iatest moti(, fully in neighboring ,0 the Mikhailov was trying to urge Hope to stay on 111 Russia for the Georgian music and drama festi- The President actcd after con- Recession ferring with his financial advis-j BANNING, Caiii. IP The County. Mrs. Smith studied the Montgomery County library operations and made recommenda-! tions to the Bucks County duf to open a iew missioners.

Willing supporters! foreign minishi laughed a were found in the Bucks County I cracks aboijf overeating tol Oxford Valley road bounded S10UP the rat problems from officials. He said the Conservation 237 Robertson Morrisville, nf The Rannina (Tniif turnpike and Mill Creek, own- canals wiU end with normal rain Commission had requisitioned 213.was struck at 7:45 a.m. today ers am cabinet members on mea- ed by Joseph and Mary Pone- shirts and 112 pairs 0 trousers near the intersection of sures to pull the nation out of Keeoul Beaumont today zek A leller to the I CA stated that jast Jan. 7 and awarded the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia the recession. are putting an extra $.) tn i the area has bothered with contract to Griffith.

jAves. No one was hurt. It followed his promise to employee pay enve.ope thus rats from the canals because oft rit tith was sentenced to his Patrolman Joseph DiGeoSio publican women Tuesday to to otise: recession talk. a past excessive dry first 0f three life terms in the: said Arthur M. Glennon, 2 Ifill.

whatever necessary to reverse the An admonition accompanies the N()rmal now of state penitentiary at Moundsville ington Road, Hamilton Square, canal water will end the prob-hn July, 1915. lie was refused a came out of an alley lcm, the department letter said, parole last September. the intersection and hit Piseopo'g Nominating Committee Vieweg said the contract was car. Damage to each vehicle vras business slump and turn the eeon- extra $5 which in part: omv toward new heights Use this extra money to buy without resorting to something be. 11 wanting proj.

ets. I but for some reason haven't Byrd's prediction of a mam- thought you could afford right moth new federal deficit con- now. Take your wife out to din-; Parent-Teacher Council and he should g0 to Kaz trasted with the Buy roast when AFL-CIO Council. They furnished akhstan whorc "wei'd. serve you members for a joint library com- a thiee hour lunch if he ally mittee.

to savor Soviet cuisine. In September, 1956. at an open meeting, the plan mpt with al-1 most unanimous approval. To Give ElviS The library board meets monthly to hear progress reports (jreeting and advise on policy. FORT CHAFFEE Ark.

The Army assured klvis Pres.dey book stations and others seeking information" should telephone lani that thur hero debut 8-4250. male of two months have had hamburger th? current speed-up in anti-slump for dinner." spending started-that the Treas-j Publish Max Wihnyk said that: ury will show a million dol- to show things are better than5 lar surplus in the new fiscal year1 starting next July. $100,000 Fire Sweeps Firm ERIE, Pa. (llPi-Tho eighth ever, the pay this week also maior t0 hit would be made in silver dollars. Jan' 22, through a warehouse of the Hammermill GRASS FIRE QCELLED A grass fire at Jefferson Ave and the canal.

Bristol Borough, ul" was quelled promptly by Con- historical ev nt 20 The committee members are Terri Sorin, Tom Horan. Graham Callum, John Abbott, Edward Graham, and Robert Camerote. Officers to be elected are presi- vice president, secretary. Three Are Committed Son Born To Mother p(I' to an esti-itreasurer, and executive secre- -r Jon Dorn 10 corner mat.d damage. To Bucks Prison Who Braved Snowstorm! Kxtra patrolmen! ---------------------------Kenneth Laws, 36.

ot 627 Race Mrs. James Immel, 32. of New- service follow- od I PTA Bustol. was committed to town, who walked two miles in an emergency meeting of city 1 ij i. Li Prison yesterday the snow to Lower Bucks County slule and C(Umty officials in Tonight ted The nominating committee of intended to be filled by the at $400.

the LCA was elected last night, jitentiary through its prison indus They will bring in a slate of tries program. nominees for next meeting with 7- election slated for May Births LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL Fire Bristol, ves- as a soldier will be fully publicized i Bucks Countv from blood tests to haircut. i Area residents are invited to attend another skating party sponsored by the Maple Shade anbaugh, Ivyhiil Road, Levit ommitted to county jail for 30 night. 5 iwo-aiarm maze cen- Elementary School PTA this eve- town, girl days by Jcstice ot the Peace Eu- Mrs. Immel was admitted to lered.

a jning between 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Hymen Whitman, The change (rom blue he pays a order Hospital last month when she ,0 track a susp.d oe, to combat boots will be as i was about to deliver arsonis, ar.sonisLs. ii Uevine, 48, oi Bristol, was her baby, gave birth to a son last fly documented as any other committed to countv iail for 30 nioht lodays two-alarm blaze March 17 Mr.

and Mrs. Benjamin Miller. 22 Limewood Road, Levittown, boy Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wagner, 807 Rad cliffe Bristol, boy March IX Mr.

and Mrs. Lawrence Augh- Realisticallv admitting Pvt pirn. Spadaccino for disorderly the hospital for several days last lure in east Part oi lhe at the Playrena Skating Rink, Underwood Road, Levittown, The lire starts about 5 won another conduct. month after the walk and then The was discovered at f. Croydon.

boy the public informa ion office James Livingston, 36, of 142 released. a.m. by a passing motorist. About: Free use of clamp-on skates is------- ------u here is preparing for his arrival Congress was com- The baby, born at 6:20 last per nt of the building was included in the admission price1 Abington Hospital on March 24 or 25 with enthus- mitted for 30 days for vagrancy night, was named Timothy Paul, filled wi materials used r. of 60 cents per person.

Tickets 52083 iasm reserved ot ap- alter a hearing before Nrwtown Mr. and Mrs. Immel are the paper making processes, officials will be on sale at the skating To Mr. and Mrs. John Adams jproaching command inspections.

1 Justice of the Peace Leon Milnor. parents of three other children, said. Levittown, a daughter. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY Where You Can Register: The Bucks County Traveling Registrars will sit at the fofr lowing places to sign up voters; TODAY Samuel Everitt School, thia Drive, Levittown. Middletown Township building Hulmeville road near Old Lincoln Highway.

FRIDAY Tullytown Fire House SATURDAY Bristol Farmers Market, Route 413 and Durham Road, Bristol Township. Registrars will sit between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the above places. Residents can sian up, or change party registration at any place..

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