The Levittown Times from Levittown, Pennsylvania • Page 2

The Delaware Valley's Great Home Neivspaper Friday Evening, January 17,1958 Second Front Page Going Ex-Neshaminj Circles Less Traffic Is Reported On Bridges On Top Of The Situation Bob Curtis, a former Ncsbami- ny High School football player now stationed in Germany with the Army, spoke on his views of Europe before the Bristol Exchange Club last night. Stationed at Landstuhl Army Medical Center, Germany, he will soon return to duty when his present furlough ends. On July he will complete his service, and prepare to enter Kutztown State Teachers College. Burwood LaMont, a member of the Levittown Exchange Club and chairman of the Heart Fund drive in Bucks County, addressed the Bristol Exchangites on the campaign. L.

P. (Dick) O'Connor president of the Levittown Club, said his group will direct the Heart Fund in Levittown as a Club project. Toll revenues for 1957 on the i five pay spans under jurisdiction at the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission were $66,058 less than in 1956, it was disclosed at session in Morrisville. Revenues for 1957 amounted to $3,361,742 as compared to $3,427,800 in 1956, The decline w'as caused by the decrease in the commutation ticket rate at the Easton- Phillipsburg Bridge and the opening of the bridge connecting the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Turnpikes at Edgelv which under the jurisdiction of the joint Bridge Commission. Traffic and revenue figures were also less at the Trenton- Morrisville Toll Bridge.

The Bridge Commission also announced that construction of the new' Delaware River Bridge, connecting Lower Makefield, Pa. with Ewing Township, N.J. is expected to begin in April. The span, costing an estimated $6,400,000 will be built 1.3 miles north of the present Yardley span. The four-lane span is expected to have a traffic How of greater than 17,000 vehicles daily by 1975.

It was reported yesterday plans are being made to the Pennsylvania connection on the Federal-aid primary system so that financing of the and its approach roads will be a Federal-aid project. Report On Collections In a detailed report on toll collections the commission reported that revenues for 1957 at the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge amounted to $157,233.70 as compared to in 1956, a loss 4.89 percent. Traflic was also I less, with 4,421.666 vehicles crossing the bridge in 1957 as com- jpared to 4,554.290 in 1956, a drop 2.91 percent. A daily average of 12,114 vehicles crossed the bridge in 1957, for a revenue of $1,959 daily. The Calhoun St.

Free Bridge, connecting Morrisville and Trenton, had the most vehicular traf- fic for December in the Lower Bucks County area as 508,378 were clocked. The Lower Trenton Free Bridge 495,103 vehicles during the Other figures for Decem- iber included- Yardley, Washington Crossing, and I'Lambertville, The Northhampton St. Bridge connecting Phillipsburg had the 'most traffic for free bridges in December, 673,843. Middletown Township finished 1957 with a $68,865.59 surplus it was learned today from a year end financial statement prepared by Angus T. Johnson, township manager.

Out of the balance, Johnson reported, $16,807.80 is actual cash on hand. Most of the transferred to the building fund to help pay for construction of the new township building. The- in the highway aid account. report shows $323,267.17 was taken in by the township through various while $254,401.58 W'as spent. The annual budget had estimated expenditures at $293,093 and income at $298,429.

The manager said the cash on hand at the start of the year will not be enough to keep the township running until tax money' starts coming in. He said supervisors will probably borrow money for operating expenses from the building fund This would be paid back from incoming taxes before it would be needed for the new building. Johnson pointed out that the township would save money since it would not have to pay any interest. Middletown Township Police Chief Howard Shook swears this one is true. He was investigating an accident this week in the Snowball Gate section of Levittown.

In front of one of the homes he spotted a Cadillac autmobile. He was certain the car belonged to a Snowball Gate resident. just figured Snowball Gate and Cadillacs seem to go the chief said. It turned out the Cadillac belonged to a maid in one of the homes in Snowball Gate. The owner told the chief he couldn't afford such a good car.

Then there was the five-year- old girl whose Dad prefers she remain anonymous. The young lassie went shopping with her mother week. Mom purchased several items and had two small packages. The helpful daughter decided she wanted to carry a package. Mother took extreme care to give the child the package containing oranges and apples and held firmly to the one with the eggs.

Into the car went the mother with the eggs and the daughter with the oranges. At the house, mother grabbed the oranges and daughter was left with the eggs. Yep, the eggs got scrambled by some accident on the kitchen table. Disarmament Tax Cut Key This truck, owned by the Industrial Trucking Service of Croydon, turned over on Tyburn Road near Route 13 yesterday afternoon. Eugene Donahue, 501 Bath Bristol, driver of the sand-filled truck, told police the vehicle turned over when he hit a bump in the road.

(Courier-Times Photo) Gov. Leader Beats Benny Admits 640 60 Pickets On Duty In Plant Strike A confusion in names resulted in a mistaken item in this spot yesterday. Roland Macauley, father of the Croydon boy, who was injured in an automobile accident last not turn down a job with Bristof Township. Henry Rolfes township manager, said another man with a similar name turned the job down because of insufficient salary. Macauley applied but was Plant Steward Is Reelected Joseph Cialella, a plant steward in Local 130, AFL-CIO United Auto Workers, overcame a challenge by Pat Green to be elected yesterday.

In an election for chief steward of A Shift in Plant 2 of Kaiser Metal Products, Bristol, Cialella polled 147 votes. Green, former secretary of the Local, received 80 votes. John Ferry was elected assistant plant steward in the same shift. He received 125 votes. In the election John Plebani received 59 votes, Anthony Biancosino, Eight members of Local 130 will go to Detroit, Monday, as delegates to the National Economic Convention of the UAW.

The economic conference is a part of the national convention held last April. Demands for new contracts will be formulated. Most UAW contracts, including the pact with Kaiser, will expire in June. The profit-sharing plan recently proposed by Walter Reuther, UAW president, will be among the proposals discussed. The delegates from Local 130 will be; John D.

Dougherty, president; Adolph A. Andrew's, of the executive board; Andy Yost, chief plant steward; Frank F. Flatch, chief plant steward; Peter Harkins, negotiating committee; Frank Lavrigata. financial secretary; Anthony R. Nic- col, national steering committee representative and Bristol burgess; and Edward Feehan, assistant chief plant steward.

Small Test Rocket Fired At Canaveral Heater Causes Fire Alarm In Fairless Hills $60 Fine Is Levied On Overweight Truck A Milford, N.J. truck driver paid a fine of $60 and costs on- a charge of driving an overweight truck before Justice of the Peace Neal Nolan in Morrisville last night. Arthur R. Philkill, the driver, was carrying acid on a truck owned Chemical Tank Lincs. Downington, Pa.

He was picked up by Patrolman Clifton Morris. Truck Ties Up Traffic was tied up lor two hours this morning when a trac- truck overturned at Fifth Ave. and Bustleton Pike. Feasterville, shortly after 9 a.m. Chief- Edward Wunsch, Sgt.

Frank Waiters and Patrolman Harold Bromley. Lower South-! ampion police, supervised UNPOPULAR CORRECTNESS HUTCHIN, England (UP) Transport Minister Harold Wilkinson is one cabinet minister glad Britain's Conservative government is getting unpopular. government today that won an easy popularity would inevitably be doing the wrong things at the wrong he said Thursday. Death Notices on Classified Page).