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Current Comment Today Happy Birthday Vor Sir Winston Bristol Planners Discuss Program Bristol wmr "Pennsylvania's Fastest Growing Newspaper' LATE HOME EDITION 45TH YEAR VOL. XLIX No. 135 BRISTOL, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1954 12 Price 5c SEES SELF CENSURED School Site Picked in Levitt Tract Levitt, Board Pick 14-Acre School Site Location Selected On Haines Road In Levittown Members of Bristol township school board and William J. Levtit last night agreed on a 14-acre school site for the tract on which Levitt planned to build 811 homes. Plans called for the 811 homes on the industrial tract bordered by Route 13.

Edgely road and the Levittown shopping center, but ith all of the years wrap- lhe land set asldf the sth001 CHURCHILL Honors from most of the world are being heaped on Winston Churchill today as he. observes his eightieth bi iiday anniversary and we pect the old man is in them. herein, we have an idea, lies -f the reasons lor his greatness cast capacity for being human 1 allowing his love for the th most of us enjoy to soften nse of values in those facets ol and doing that really cc it 'i hope he lives to be a hundred, never been another lige Si nston in our time, perhaps in nn ne as history may show. The will be poorer when 8- pe around his shoulders and has only two old. rime ministers Lord P.Hi srston and William Gladstone, both before the turn of tho century Churchill remains one the more stabilizing forces in a rid of unstability.

V' all of his enduring achieve- as newspaper reporter, sold taval officer, writer, orator site will drop the number of homes to approximately 750. Though the 14-acre site was approved by individual school board members, it was pointed out the board have to take official action on it at the next regular meeting. The school site is located on the east side of Haines road, south of the Philadelphia Electric company power line. It has an 800 statesman Churchill clings foot frontage on Haines road, to still another goal Levitt offered the site to the wonu peace. for $3500 an acre, the same He els that this peace is still price paid for other school site his mission.

Whether in his role as properties, the elder statesman of the world Convenience he will ever accomplish it. we don prjor j0 nie meeting, Harry know. lime is running out on him school board president, said the hoard would seek a site But we do know that he convenient to school pu- stands as the very symbol of within walking distance all of the purposes of altruism Levittown pupils, 1 I VT a ocHmtitcH that to winch men and nations in Lights Go On Again ij SPECIAL LIGHTS that add Christmas cheer to 31111 Street, Bris. are turned on by Burgess with his son, Frank, jn Ward, flee president of the Mill Streei-Bristol Association looks on. He estimated that the number of new Levittown pupils would then moie sobei I not eliminate the possibility that honestly aspire.

And we know, too, that the memory of Churchill as he stood alone in that tragic summer of 1940 and single-handedly turned the tide of war that might have made the world captive to rampant forces of tyran- the school board could the present Edgely school pupils to the new building. The school board held a meeting prior to the meeting with Levitt, Alex Polett, Levitt and Sons public relations director, Bucks Health Board In Operation Dec. 15 Davis Announces Confab Program The Bucks County Department of Health will officially come into being Dec. 15, to provide public health services in second class townships of the county and supplement local activity in the boroughs and Bristol township. Officials of Bristol township, the only township of first class status, and of the boroughs have been directed to inform the county commissioners and State Banh said the closed Continued on Page ny will ever remain inspiration to'and Nelson Kamuff, Levitt engi- al! in time of discouragement and neer, but both meetings were despair.

to the press and the pub- Churchill has been called the lie. most extraordinary man in the world. an apt description. It applies to him because of his variegated personality, his complex life. But more applicable, perhaps, because of his limitless imagination, his astonishing boldness, his magnificent courage, and his absolute confidence in the outcome of any of his skirmishes with destiny.

We hope his birthday is a happy one. We wish him many more of them. The Editor Flames Wreck Truck Terminal Belardleyville Gets Numbers Must Be Posted, Booz Warns Belardleyville residents been assigned new house members by the Bristol township commissioners, and warned to display them promptly or face a possible fine of $10 a day. Quoted by Township Secretary today by Sianley Reichley, Perka- Kealth Secretary Dr. Russell E.

Teague of the present facilities and activity of their health boards. Dr. H. Jackson Davis, director of the new county health board, this morning said he interprets state directives to mean that the local health boards can continue iheir present work if they desire, with the county providing any services lacking. At the same time, Dr.

Davis announced that the county board of have health, before developing its will confer with representative committees from the Bucks County Boroughs Association and Medical Association. Committee Gained The boroughs committee, named Good Evening! i Not ember all but wrapped up. Tomorrow December 1 and it hardly seems possible. the lime the golfers start using the living room rug. Sharp breeze? still whistling around the ankles and, hey, you know, some of em look good and not referring to the breezes.

showdown on McCarthy censure tomorrow afternoon in the Senate and it's hlirh time. It. will be a time, incidentally, when the men will be separated from the boys, when be able to distinguish between courage and cowardice on the Senate floor. Trenton Firemen Battle Blaze TRENTON, N. UP A five-alarm fire wrecked a big depot of the Brown Trucking Co.

and destroyed more than 20 trucks early today with damage estimat- ea up to $200,000. Every firehouse in the city was emptied as 14 fire trucks and two flood light units were called 4 TkT. taouaiuco wcic reported. Occupants of nearby homes were driven to the street in their nightclothes but 150 firemen, headed by Fire Chief Thomas Phelan and three deputies, prevented the blaze from spreading throughout the area. Firebrands big as were thrown from the burning structure and ignited four nearby properties.

They were damaged only slightly as firemen quickly extinguished the flames. Oscar A. Booz in letters to the Belardleyites, an ordinance of Sept. 9, 1953 requires that house numbers at least two inches tall must be conspicuously posted at home numbered by the town- Continued on Page Five sie Councilman and president of the Boroughs Association, includes: Ralhp Vanish, Quakertown borough manager; Frank borough engineer of Perkasie and Seilersville and manager of the Continued on Page Five Bristol Takes Initial Steps For Plan Panel Selectees Gather, Pick Temporary Group Officers Initial steps for the formation of a Planning Commission for Bristol were taken, last evening, when those named to the commission called into session in the borough council chamber by President of Council. Arthur Chiericoni.

In opening the meeting President Chiericoni told (he group "We are gathered here this evening io this planning commission under way. is our desire io have active body which will work for the best interests of our community. After you organize you can set dates for your regular meetings, adopt rules and regulations. This evening I want you to elect a chairman, co-chairman and a secretary. Your chairman should be a person who can devote a lot of time to this committee, because afraid he or she ill be quite Then the president of said 1 ask for nomination of officers suggest you take a fifteen minute recess for Chiericoni stated that Burgess Niccol was unable to be present due to illness in his family.

Slogan The adoption of the slogan suggested. During the discussion period Councilman John Wichser, asked if there was anyone present who had ever served upon such a commission. Joseph Bolden stated that he had served upon such a commission in Minnesota. He informed that at that time that group made recommendations to borough council. Wichser then inquired if there had been any money appropriated for the expenses of the commission.

Chiericoni replied as Leon Plavin suggested itiai the Mo selection of a chairman and a should be done at leisure and not in a hurry. This appeared to meet with general agreement. Plavin congratulated the borough authorities for forming a commission. a group of civic minded citizens can help our borough, no sic! Plavin. Senate Clamps Down on Debate; Decision Soon Wolf Face Scene of Murder State Trooper Testifies Slayer Broke Down Re-Encysting Killing William Edward Wolf, 21, of Hamilton Township, I N.

who pleaded guilty to the killing of Anthony C. Lank-j ford, 29, at his Lower Makefield Township apartment last! July, could not stomach a re-enactment of the crime This was the testimony of State Trooper Michael supporters Wargo, yesterday at the first day of hearings in the foday sfnate before the three Bucks Coun- t0 lta chmactlc sure vote Wednesday was a boost ty judges sitting en banc. f0I. thelr rtrjve t0 obtain ipromise for the Wisconsin Repub- Won, who had toured bars with Lankford before accom- panying him to his apartment, ad- other senators predicted mitted be struck the McCarthy Leads Showdown Move In Dual WASHINGTON CP Sen, with a glass decanter man and outright censure and McCarthy himself said he expected such ac- Ihen cut his throat with its edges. After months of wrangling and When he was taken to the mur-(maneuvering, the Senate unani- WIIXI AM WO IK der scene, Wolf shuddered and said want to go in Wargo testified.

In the hearing without jury before President Judge Hiram H. Keller and Judges Edward G. Biester and Edwin li. Satterthwaite, the commonwealth's case is being presented by Assistant District Attorney J. Franklin Hartzell.

It is his first Continued on (age Five Police, Feds Grpb Illegal Immigrants Ship Jumpers Captured llere Businessmen To Hear Bradley Morrisville Group Meets Tomorrow mously agreed Monday night to put a harness on its historic debate, beginning today, and to start voting at 3 p. m. Wednesday. The final verdict may come Wednesday night or Thursday. McCarthy himself led the quick- showriown effort and he linked It with a statement assuring he is acccused of abusing that mean to hurt their feelings although his basic views remain unchanged.

Sees So Change Sen. John C. Stennis, a member of the censure committee, said today that will have no significant effect on the final vote. Sen. Walter George dean of the Senate, flatly predicted censure.

Sen. John L. McClellan said statement not an and indicated it won't change many votes. Sen. Karl K.

Mundt also said it won't make any But a Republican leader friend- lv to McCarthy revealed privately today that the Wisconsin Re- Both Parties China Support Stand W'illiam F. Knowland, Two immigrants in this country illegally, according to C. S. Immigration authorities, were apprehended early last evening ar their hotel and given over into the custody of the United States by the Bristol police. The men were identified as Christ Fatovic, 30, and nAio Fatovic, 2fi, both of Yugoslavia.

Both men were lodged at police headquarters here and will be turned over to the Philadelphia office of the C. S. Immigration Service sometime today. Two officers of I he S. Immigration Service to early la.si eveninK ai.d contacted was to launch Vi aii kin a a A Jk the Bristol police.

Police Detective Vincent Faragalli and Sergeant John Dugan, along with the II. S. Immigration men. went to the Silver lake Inn. Faragalli entered the hotel first and was informed an Attractive Down-6 ieior that three ugo- town Business Area" is Ihe topic sla.v,,ans were 'here.

At a given signal the li. S. of- be piesented by Vincent fhen entered the Inn, while Bradley, Trenton realtor at theisgt, Dugan remained on guard monthly meeting of Morrisville outside. The men were found in Businessmen'a Association to-The dining room and at first morrow. niefl their identity, claiming that The dinner meeting will he held were lib in their the Pennsburv Inn, with Tbe room! 3t Inn, with president.

his double pronged move for the express purpose of whipping up support for a last-minute compromise which Sen. Kverett M. Dirksen will introduce Wednesday. Father Fandrey Dies Suddenly in and it was then that the men ad- Burial Services Set Tomorrow fuIIWyun; JUimitted they were in the United, the chair. States illegally.

Also featured on Ihe program After being questioned at police! John Franks, secretary of be the presentation of a re- headquarters the pair gave the of-1 The Rev. Valentine James Bucks County Chamber of Com-1 port 0f the committee who havejficers signed statements admitting C. S. S. T.

M. WASHINGTON UP Secre- Leade tz.ry of State John Foster Dulles received bipartisan support today Two influential Republicans for his firm stand against an air H. Alexander Smith (N. and merce, told of an expression he heard one man make concerning the commission. This man remarked, said Franks, it is a very nice thing.

Bristol will always be the center of influence for Bucks County, regardless of what is built around He then mentioned the hanking interests, business activity and the professions here. Councilman William Witch Continued on on 9 Pive 01 sea blockade to try to force Red China to release 13 American prisoners. Three Democratic foreign policy spokesmen Sens. Walter F. George, John Sparkman, Ala.

and J. William Fulbright, lined up with Dulles in opposition to the blockade proposal advanced by Republican Senate Insane Inmates Rampage At Jersey State Hospital TRENTON, N. J. UP Criminally insane inmates at the New Jersey State Hospital, including Ohio mother of three chil- mass.murcjer Howard Unruh, riot- dren to college. Shed f.

ed late Monday, set fire to a din- III tUUCttUUU right at home. hali and slashed five guards before they were brought under A hundred-year-old Kentucky backwoodsman says he has never seen an auto. We know how he iived to be a hundred. Two can Ihe as cheaply as one if talking ahont the ents of a teen-age daughter. If you drive, carfeul.

control. More than 300 inmates of the hospital's criminal ward were eating their evening meal when the riot began at a pre-arranged signal the toppling of a food tray. The prisoners, arming themselves with table and kitchen knives and fashioning clubs broken chairs, attacked the 11 attendants in the room, smashed fitures, broke windows and set fire to piles of splintered furniture. Ten guards, and about 40 inmates who took no part in the melee, plunged through windows to the courtyard 12 feet below. One guard, Earl Hubbard, was held as a hostage.

He later was released by the prisoners when they aparently feared he might die from his injuries. When state troopers and fire fighters from surrounding communities arrived on the scene most Homer Ferguson (Mich.) sided with Dulles although Ferguson said he would not rule out of a blockade at some time. In a major foreign policy address at Chicago Monday night, Dulles bluntly rejected proposal, declaring that an air or naval blockade of Red China would amount to have agreed, by United Nations Charter, to try to itle international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace is not Dulles said. our first duty is to exhaust peaceful means of sustaining our international rights and those of our also fhoustofc temporary officers Continued on Pige gram which paid more profits to benefits. Driver Injured In 2-Car Crash Man Accident Victim Stanley H.

Benner, 40, of 232 Oxford Valley Fairless Hills, suffered chest injuries last night in a two-car crash on U. S. Poule I near Route 413 it was reported by Middletown township police. Patrolman Joseph A. Zalot, ihe insurance company and broker died suddenly, Sunday morning at Nazareth hospital.

Philadelphia, Father Fandrey was born in Pittsburgh, Feb. 14, 1883, and did his primary and high school stu- there. After his graduation Duquesne university, he r- Ilia avuutw Switzerland. Father Fandrey was ordained on Dec. 8, 1909.

During his 45 years in the priesthood he served God as seminary professor in the senior seminary, Ferndale, its Summoned for questioning to- Norwalk, as professor in Congress Probes AFL Bosoital Plan WASHINGTON UP Con- taumnt Employes and Bartenders gressional investigators Atlantic City, N. more information today about an' AFL union hospitalization pro- in medical and han benefits to the work- was Vice President Darrell Smith of the American Casualty Insurance Reading, which issued the policies, Monday's hearing produced evidence that the company got about $50,000 of the premium for administrative expenses and profits. The secretary did not ont said the when Hotel The broker, Karl Liever. Las Altos. subpoenaed before a House Labor sub-committee, said Monday he ihe big commission payments he has received and announced hp has voluntarily surrendered part1 of those still due him.

Rep. Roy W. Wier snapped that Liever after five years was starring to hurt." Liever said commissions he, junior seminary in Co 11 Heights, as treasurer of the mission band, as pastor of souls in Wisconsin and in Louisiana, as assistant novice master in Ridgefield and as assistant retreat in New Caanan, Conn. Continued on Page Five Hazel Dusts Lower Bucks County Little a week imitationiColn highway at the Liberty Bell has receive amoun of the furious Lady, brought winds Trailer camp late yesterday mor- Peicent 0 5 of 25 to 30 miles per hour ning but repairs were made with- the first five Continued on Page Five PLANS CAROL SING The Newtown 4-H club has made plans for its annual Christmas Carol program to be held Dec. 23.

Members of the club will sing at the Newtown Friends Boarding Home and the Langhorne Manor Nursing Home. Afterwards they will have a party at the home of of prisoners had surrendered. Mrs. Herbert Post. tiucacu itunt, ui an automobile driven by 40, of Morrisville, RD 1.

Both men were taken to Lower Bucks County hospital by the Bucks County Rescue Squad where Benner was admitted for X-ray of possible fractured ribs and Gancarz was treated for a sprained knee. Total damage to both cars was estimated at $1400, police said. Benner will receive a summons for reckless driving. Per hour ning but repairs were made with- premiums during the st here yesterday and last night but'in an hour, policy hen- did UtUe daraage Most 0f damage was IT I iiv-aiflfci cau tuuuicu to i ooitroiiua, i luiues Trenton said an incoming high and small trees. TO OPEN BIDS pressure area was the The five-day outlook calls for At a meeting in the Mor- Fresh winds are predicted dimin-'slightly above normal inishing during today and tonight, tures.

Fair today with a high of Electric and telephone service 45 and colder tonight with a low was not affected by the wind to between 24 and 30. Increasing any extent though one street light cloudiness and rather plant and main extension for the in Bristol failed last night cold with rain likely Wednesday wafer system. The cost of the a short lime. night. Moderate ect has been estimated at $275,000, In Levittown a tree fell across Thursday and colder Friday, Rail according to Borough Secretary; electric lines cutting off power for is also predicted for the end Robert Steward.

lines were down on Old Lin- the week. risville Council Chamber tomorrow at 8 p.m., the borough municipal authority will open bids for construction of an iron removal.

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