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Weather Variable cloudiness, warm and more humid today with mid A few iso- 'ated showers this afternoon. Fair tonight with lowest mid Tomorrow mostly fair and continued The Delaware Valley's Great Home Newspaper EDITION VOL. 5 No. 291 Mriiibei ABC. LEVITTOWN, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1958 24 PAGES Price, 6 Cents Registrars At Bristol GULF RESIDENTS FLEE AS ELLA APPROACHES Mrs.

Azalea Croyle, (right), registrar, on while Mrs. Rita Baricelli, 829 Third Bristol, registers to vote in the fall elections at registration held yesterday at Bristol Borough. iCourier-fimes Photo). ire Marshal Probes School Blaze liucks County Fire Marshall Leonard Roberts is investigating the cause of a $2,000 fire night in a three-story workshop at St. Francis Vocational Scluxfl, Fddington.

-------A teaching and a cus- a U-acliing bri.Uier, Fire Marshal Leonard Kobcrts todian al the seiiool, were ered- Hilary, and both said the origin of the lire was an iU'd with the lire last lire with extinguishers over-stulfed imitation leather Ironi sprt'ading through the Kdwui Faber call- chair in the otiice. Iniilding. and it in check chair was thiown irom a Fddington William window by iiremen. l-'lames re; McDonald. 37.

of Woodbine duced it to rubble. A clock that chair a riic until luemen Spot! John Bonikowski, a custodian cuts to his right had hung near the who near the workshop, when hot window panes ex- stopped at 7:32 p.m. Slotted ilames in the second ploflcd. He was to Lower' Approximately :50 firemen story of the building. He County Hospital by from Eddington, Cornwellh Fire T-istol Rescue Squad, where he Co.

Xo, 1, Union of Cornwells, was treated and released. and Trevose. battled the Fiames licked around a blaze for nearly an hour before tion dividing an office-s 1 bringing it under control, room from the carpentry Firemen said Bonikowski and Desks being repaired by students Brother Hilary did a were also alire. Bucks (('oplniied on Pace 3. ('oi Good Evening! Winds Increase Hourly NEW ORLEANS Anxious coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana fled inland today from tropical storm Ella "still 400 miles south of Corpus Christi, Tex.

The storm, its winds still below liurricanc strength, was being watched carefully by hurricane experts and coiistal interests were cautioned to be ready to move at a notice. The Miami Weather Bureau i meanwhile repo; ted a new suspic- jious squally area has formed in Atlantic about 200 miles east the Windward Jslands. A weath- plane was sent into the area, at the entrance of the Caribbean just north of South America. A new storm would bear the name of Fifi. The New Orleans Weather Bureau issued a 9a.m.

edt bulletm extending a hurricane watch from 1 south of Corpus Christi to Galveston. The storm struck fear in the hearts of the people in Cameron, where died La.st year in a hurricane, and many already were Heading lor sale ground. I in trouble it that storm up speed and heads Coast Guard duty officer in New Orleans said. Most of Cameron's population carricxi fresh scars of the havoc wrought by hurricane Audrey last year when 500 persons lost their lives. The town had to be almost entirely rebuilt.

The bulletin said from reconnaisance aircraft, ships: Second Night Winners Reds Planes Take To Air Near Formosa T.VIPEl, Formosa (UP!) Communist warplanes reappeared today over the Formosa Strait, setting off air raid alerts in the Matsus and increasing tension in the war-jittery Far East. Govei nor Lauds Bucks School System The Nationalist Chinese Defense Ministry reported the Red Chinese planes made two forays west of the offshore Matsu Islands at the northern end of the strait. Air raid alarms were sounded each time, but no combat action was reported. The new aerial activity followed a slacking-off of Communist artillery fire against the Quemoy Islands at the southern end of the Governor George M. Leader to-1 strait, where any Red Chinese day commended the Bucks Coun-jvasion attempt most likely would ty school system for being the vanguard of educational progress in achievements in education during the past dec President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned the Communist Chinese I Thursday that American forccs ade or more has been simply ready to defend the nomenal, the Govenror said in attack eninn- a statement made in Harrisburg.

Formosa. with a population grow-i it 1 4 1 Says Warning lunrly th almost unheard of in modern times, the Bucks County Nationalist Chinese system has been able not only Shao Ku, comment- build and staff enough on this statement, said ihe Winners on the second night of the Miss America Pageant, Miss Indiana, swimsuit, Anita Marie Hiirsh and Miss Connecticut, Billie June Turner, talent winner, hold their trophies. (UFI Telephoto) warns (hat U. S. may clc- Quemdy.

If Commie attempts the of Formosa, that. is. V- duiino. I5ut we figure that i lierc is another instance where The Levittown sister of an Air U. s.

long-sinre fed in Force missing on a C130 rv( liinting conmiitment to transport over Turkey, kept an Sister Keeps Vigil For Missing Airnian liu'sc (wo little worthless irlands and Matsu snuggled againsi the China mainland. anxiou.s vigil at her home at 36(i Thornridge Drive this morning, for word of the lost craft. Mrs. Joseph Durkin vvas noti- 'Ihi the principle of Commie -lied by telegram yesterday that a involved, to be sure. carrying 17 Air Force men -rso two dots of land are from Germany to Turkey, includ- vonnless.

to Formosa, worthless ing her brother, M-Sgt. George P. to U.S. and surely not worth Petrochilos, 38. was lost in Turk- drop of American blood.

There ey's rugged terrain near Adana, are times you must, ccn-lude of a U. S. Air Base, the years we've over nej-c In bill of Durkin said her brother, U.gion in convention takes a swing at (he Hristol township school hoard over (he Oppenheinier name. The piciieh was expected and justi- lied. f'orce, last visited Levittown in June on a two-week leave.

heard from him last month I when he called from Germany He is suppo.sed to be home this! month on another short nut Ids nol let lilllc Durkin said her brotiier ro I in Ihr of 1 w.u after his graduation from high and coastal stations are that! tropical jstorm Ella is slowly becoming organized and wifi likely! reach hurricane force. The was about 450 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi, moving toward the west northwest at 12-14 miles per hour. arc around three feet 'along portions of the Louisiana Texas coasts and some scat-: Itered squalls with 20-50 miles per hour are occurring. Miss America Girls Protected From All By CLAIRE COX United International Terrorizer Sentenced outside the pageant corpuration, their hostesses must stand by and listen to every word. Whenever a CII' N.

something the hostess It seems to be easier to talk the hostess jto Soviet Premier Nikita censor and insists on a re- chev at a Moscow cocktail When a girl is askcxi a jthan to a.sk a Miss thinks im- pageant contestant what she had proper, she instructs her girl not for lunch. answer and terminates the in- The 52 girls entered in the 31st terview. TRE.NTON N. of the beauty classic are. Any violations of the rules can I Filipe Marrero Jr today was so shut off from the rest of the a girl.

scntcnccdtoaniaNimum42yca.s -------------in pr.son for a rampage tlieir own last 19 here in which he IjCtS wounded seven including I three nuns I father appeared calm as Mc'-i-- HairCUt cer County Judge Arthur reiitdise. sentenced him lo consecutive lour I WAYNE. (Uf'li Former lo six year terms on seven counts! hJr in Bulgaria was 1 who then told her to 01 atrocmis assault with mtent necessary adjustments, schools but it has neen a leader in better education in the Commonwealth. year again, it demonstrates its forethought by opening a new area technical school that will train over the years many thousands of technicians, and specialists for trades and industries. IJucks Leads Way its high schools, the emphasis on the basic programs of instruction, such as science, mathematics, English, history and social science, will continue, because that emphasis has always been a characteristic of Bucks County school admiistration.

fact, many of the new de- United States demonstrated it.s readiness to deal with any further Chinese Communist adventure by timely and effective counterblows should tiiey choose to Ignore this new In the Soviet ment newspaper Izvestia said today the entire Communist bloc, including Russia, would rush to Communist support if war develops in the Far East. The Communist Party organ Pravda said Russia would help Peiping with all possible means, as if its own fate were being UPI Henry Shapiro, in a dispatch from Moscow, said later that diplomats analyzing spate of Soviet editori- velopments to he instituted in all Pennsylvania schools this year were tried and found successful in Bucks County schools. refer to stepped-up modern language courses, advanced training in reading for junior and senior high school students, and acceleration of the gifted student. is certainly not surprising that in the near future the Quak- concluded that war against Communist China will be considered (Continued On Page Col. Bucks Dies, 5 Hurt In Auto Crash EXTON, Pa.

(UPI) -A 29- month-old girl was killed and five other persuns were injured in a ertown High School will be one of three car collision at the intersec- the first in the state to offer a tion of Routes 100 and 30 here cour.se in the Russian language. Keep Moving, He Urges me, Bucks County has al- hursday night. The baby, Carol Meuer, was the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Fred ways been in the vanguard of Meuer of Warminster who ucational progress in Pennsylvan- also were injured in the cash. GEORGF: P.

PETROCHILOS with 362 othei new cadets at the big joi) of education Bristol town- school in Hazelton. near Turkey and Mrs. Durkin; wounding the three nuns from St. ship IS doing and doing in a dis- unv said he holds about every i i i modal the Air Force can have Joach Roman Catholic Church As and has survived two plane kill. The defendant had pleaded i --------------no dclen.so earlier who m' Valley i'oige Academy.

Marrero terrorized the Bavard "rf, T. iStreel residential neighborhood by girls most of the time. icxile when the Rus.sians occupied Their full time bodyguards, his country after World W'ar If, I censors, advisers and rooters are ia. I am certain that State Government through the Department of Public Instruction will provide The mother, Emma, 33, was admitted to Chester County Hospital at West Chester. Tiie both the material a.ssis'ance was taken to Memorial the educational to keep Hospital in West Chester.

run into some trouble with He then fled to an ad- a nia((er of iac( you joining parochial school building Ite ngh( proud and do much inciuning one in me i cheering aboui happened Channer, He served with City housewives, hand- entered the Academy Thursday as a junior-collefe freshman in or- the programs moving feel these county achievements arc linked closely to the Also admitted to Chester County Hospital were: Earl W. Ritter, 42, of West Chester, RD 2, his The Air Force has a he sfhool-wise in the during in the area scouting in policcmen and a passerby, liiicks county durin- (he past few Europe. hills oi Turkey lookin- for anyj Marrero was captured in Penn- big forward strides taken by the wife, Evelyn, and their si.x-year- on Page 3, CoL 6) old son Earl Jr. Petrochilos is a radar i expert and also is trained in was in r-ie- moy three yerrs ago when the schools, administraiion, May Be I Communists originally pifked for the job. of to complete his liberal arts have been shepherding Mi.ss'^Jnd military training.

America contestants through their! The 21 yeai-old paces for years and know' all the Thursday at the nearby What got the of several languages, administraiion, teachers, I educational standards and real! to cross the Delaware River. He told police he had a grudge threaten- I ih 1 -t shore island near progre.ss toward providins young-Van now, eral portions of Bible sters what they need is just Durkin said, it's similar! about the best in the whole big to the U.S. the East! state of Pciin.sylvania. captured several weeks I Lila squalhng her way across The flight passas very close to! sjlvania after stealing a main one being to of former Gov (ieorge H. keep reporters and photographers I wartime amba.ssador to away from their charges when- Bulgaria, against the church because it re- ever possible.

An Academy spokesman said fused to accept his version of sev-; Whenever the girls are in'ocr- Simeon woujd be treated just like viewed or converse with anyone the rest of the new cadets during ----------------------three weeks of intensi- Traffic Tickets Pretty- ihe Gulf of Mexico vuth Louisiana southern border of Russia, i IHk rwi 1 rwi Tough To Squelch, Too 1 ified plebe training. The former king's roommate is Richard J. Sands, of Cornwall-on' Hudson. By GORDON Courier-Tinies Staff Writer I Showers Probable Over This Weekend The ne.xt to la summer week- the justice of peace who will han- township Board of Commissioners, end will be moderately warm, die the case. It took all this time to design a cloudy and be spotted with 1 i I Pitv fhn u'iuJ Squelchlng Difficult suitable ticket and to them ers tonight and again on nn i til Tr the poor po.it cians.

i all the copies floating printed up. The linal product I day, the U. S. Weather Bureau at (he wonnn r'LiP Je.terson Polio election day only wo months around and everyoody checking is the result of the icint eflorts forecast t(KJay. but she doesn't neeUs-iriiv nJ- tnmnrrnvi- Thn iaway Bristol Township institutes each other it makes it difficult Henry J.

Rolfes, Jr Tomorrows weather will be fair i own onev squelch manager, and William J. warm with temperatures in own n.oney. the Thomas Jefferson Elemen-. the tow'nship solicitor. They consulted low Anti-Polio Shots Right here in Lower Bucks: gentlest skies in the land, al- Scheduled Tomorrow though today, a bit on the varm and humid iide.

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big war town. The object of Ine system workmg i his ticket fixing seri- department in designing the tick- inere couldn be a better place persons and their families the mottrist who et The forecast for Sunday is for ommitteeman and other members oi the police temperatures much the same as tomorrow w'ith a chance of for it. tered afternoon showers. Watch your driving. alleged violation, the patrol-1 While the system went into ef-i Carbon were high was 80 itm hi series man who spotted it.

the chief of feet yesterday it was actually ap- as the result of these p.m. and this low oe guen. the township manager andiproved nearly a year ago by the (Continued on Page 3, CoL 3) was 65 at 7 a.m. at Amusement Building Classified COIXWORD Comics Crossword Puzzle Dear Abby Death Notices Editorials Ewald On TV 14 7, 8 18, 19, 20. 21 12 22, 23 23 11 14 Garden Notes Jacoby On Bridge Tfmetable Social, Club News Serial Sports Stocks Tide Table TV 9 14 14 10,11 4 15 16 17 5 23 23 I iC.