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Everything Set For 3rd Music Jubilee By SCOOP LEWIS Courier-Times Staff Writer Six standout drum and bugle corps from three states will compete tonight in the third annual Levittown Musical Jubilee under the lights at the Bristol Township Athletic Field. Defending their title won last year will be the Vasella Musketeers of Philadelphia who will be seeking top prize of $300 and a second leg on the C. Russell (Pop) Murphy Trophy. competition, being staged by the Parents Association of fhe Levittown Junior Drum and Bugle Corps, will commence at 8 on the Woodrow Wilson High School football field located at Green Lane and Mill Creek Road. Levittown.

Exhibition Besides the six corps competing for over $1,000 in prizes, the host Levittown corps. will perform in exhibition tonight. The 70 local boys and girls, ranging in age from seven to 17 years, will be led by their popular drum major, William (Little Wild Bill) Toomey of Harrisburg. Another large throng is expected to witness the precision marching, blare of bugles and snare of drums tonight. Some 2,500 spectators saw the Robert W.

Bracken American Legion Post 382 Cavaliers of Bristol win a victory over the St. Queens- men of St. Albans, N.Y., in (See picture, Page 9) the first Jubilee two years ago. Last year, 3.000 persons sat in hot, humid 87-degree temperatures as the Vasella Musketeers upended the Bracken Cavaliers inanother hair-line decision. Besides th Vasella Musketeers.

corps competing tonight will be the Belles of St. of Gloucester, N.J.; the York White Roses of York, the Hawthorne Muchachos of Hawthorne, N.J.; the St. Lancers of Gowans. and the Victorians of Egg Harbor, N.J. As an added attraction tonight, Elke Christine Stevens, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Judson C. Stevens of 25 Prune- wood Road, Plumbridge, town. will be crowned i Musical A finalist in the 1964 i Bucks County beauty pageant. Elke won in the recent contest at Neshaminy High School.

Were Fourth The Hawthorne Muchachos, who won every contest in Garden State Circuit competition in 1962 and placed fourth in the Nationals at Miami Beach. last year. Their color guard holds the New Jersey state title and also won the National Open and Preview championships early this year. The St. Lancers, competing since 1955, won the Maryland state junior American Legion championship last year, while the all-girl color guard copped a similar title in In three short years, the York White Roses have developed into Central top junior corps.

Murphy Trophy The Murphy Trophy has been put into competition in honor of the of drum and bugle corps in the East. Murphy, 73, was the first to introduce popular and semi- dassical arrangements corps. He is responsible for the recent fame of the renowned Reilly Raiders of Philadelphia. The beautiful trophy for the winning corps will be presented by Murphy. Inscribed on the trophy are the words: tribute to for endless hours of aid and concern in the building and the ing of outstanding drum and vice as a friend, teacher and bugle corps and for constant ad- The trophy must be won three times for permanent possession.

The Bracken Cavaliers and Vasella Musketeers each have one leg. Vasella will be out to make it two tonight. Plaeed Second The Levittown Pennsylvanians. organized less than four years ago, attained their pinnacle of success last weekend by placing second in competition at Easton. Frank J.

McCormick, active in drum and bugle corps circles the past 30 years, is director of the Levittown array. In addition to competition, Pennsylvanians will parade on July 4 and also in the 1964 Lower Bucks County Soap Box Derby on July 12. of the six competing corps tonight will perform on the field for not less than 11 minutes nor more than 13 minutes. The major phases of judging will be done by the Eastern States Judging Association with points awarded for inspection, marching and maneuvering. drumming, bugling and general effect.

Concluding tonight's colorful paeantry will be a massed retreat formation of the six competing corps and the host Levittown Pennsylvanians. In the event of rain tonight, the Musical Jubilee will take place tomorrow at 8 p.m. Sristnl latin (Emtmr Delaware Valley's Greatest Home Newspaper SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1964 671 Delegates? PAGE 3 Barry Gets Montana Votes, Blasting For Rights Vote WASHINGTON (UPI) Sen. Barry Goldwater locked up the last Republican delegation chosen for the July 13 GOP national convention, but is Senate vote against the civil rights bill brought him under heavy fire today from several leading Republicans. Pennsylvania Gov.

Willipm W. Scranton, his chief opponent for the GOP presidential nomination, wired Goldwater before he voted urging him to your opposition to the civil rights bill by voting yes on final passage. views on the subject to date are opposite to the traditional Republican philosophy of equal opportunity for all, and it is of great importance to our party that you now change your Scranton said. Goldwater defended his civil rights vote and accused Scranton of me to sell out my principles and you, in effect, saying that unless I do, I will be punished by not receiving the Later Scranton told newsmen in Boston that vote against the rights bill set the Republican party before Abraham Michigan Gov. George W.

Romney, who controls 46 of his 48 delegate votes, accused Goldwater of catering to the South at the expense of the rest of the nation. New York Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller said the same. Goldwater was assured of 14 votes in the last delegate selection before the convention.

That gave him an unofficial total of 671 in the United Press International tabulation, a comfortable 16-vote Put On Probation Four Bristol Borough were placed on probation in Bucks County Court yesterday after admitting they stole a fiberglass life size from the lawn of the Bristol Beef firm last April 28. The four, as a hoax, put the 70-pound replica in a convertible during the early morning hours and later hoisted the steer to the top of the flag pole outside Delhaas High School. Pleading guilty to larceny were Leonard Blum, 19, 567 Bath Ronald Smith, 432 Pond 23; Robert Genco, 18, 174 McKinley and Frank Carlin, 18, 720 Christy Ave. Judge Edwin H. Satterthwaite ordered the four to share the costs of replacing the steer, valued at $394.69.

Obituaries Crash Wounds Fatal To West Bristol Man A West Bristol man died yesterday in Morristown, N. Memorial Hospital of injuries sustained in an auto accident Wednesday. He was John A. Ratti 20, of 2805 Steel Ave. The accident occurred in Bernardsville, N.J.

as Ratti was Death Notices MONTI June 19, 1964, Alexander, husband of Angela (nee Trotta) of 331 Washington Bristol. Died at the Delaware Valley Hospital after a short illness. He was 79. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on Tuesday. 9 a.m.

from the Galzerano Funeral Home, 430 Rad- clilfe Bristol, Pa. Solemn requiem Mass 10 a.m. in St. Church. Interment Our Lady of Grace Cemetery, Langhorne.

Friends may call Monday evening. RATTI June 18. John A. Jr. 2805 Steel W.

Bristol, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ratti, Sr. Survived by parents.

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ratti, brother, Robert Ratti, sister, Catherine Ratti, both of West Bristol. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral Monday, 9 a.m.

from Funeral Home. 1002 Radcliffe Street, Bristol. Requiem High Mass celebrated at 10 a.m. St. Thomas Aquinas Church.

Cryodon. Interment Our Lady of Victory cemetery, Landisville, N. J- Friends may call Sunday evening. In Memoriam ON FATHER'S DAY Alfred R. Mur ry (Tip) who died on February 20.

1964. "Deep in the heart lies a picture Of a loved one laid1 to rest. In memory's frame we shall keep it Because he was one of the Sadly missed by the Family. IN LOVING MEMORY of my beloved husband. Dominic Squillace, who passed away June 20, 1959.

precious one from us has gone A voice we love is sUlled A vacant place within our Ttfat never can be filled." Sadly missed by wife, children and grandchildren. Funeral Directors BECK DOUGHERTY MORTUARY Serving Lower Bucks County. New. portville Fallsington Rds. WI 6-7600.

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Bellevue Langhorne. SK 7-3331. HOOPER Funeral Chapel, 45 N. Morrisville. CY 5-7725.

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24 hour phone DE 8-7100. driving his foreign car up a mountain road. The top of his car was sheared off by trees after it tipped over on a soft shoulder. Ratti was attempting to take a curve at the time. Delhaas Graduate A 1961 graduate of Delhaas High School, Bristol Township, Ratti was employed by the Far Hills Nursery, Bedminster, N.J., a business owned by his father and uncle.

He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Ratti a brother, Robert Ratti; sister, Catherine Ratti, both of West Bristol. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral Monday at 9 a.m.

from Funeral Home, 1002 Radcliffe Bristol. Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Croydon. Interment will be in Our Lady of Victory cemetery, in mends may call tomorrow evening.

cushion above the 655 needed for nomination. Scranton shrugged off the fourth bomb threat of his brief campaign and headed for the Massachusetts Republican State convention. He met with 14 of 24 uncommitted delegates Friday and said later that number of told him they were impressed by his candidacy. The UPI tabulation shows Scranton with 127 convention delegates. Two Dead Three Hurt Alexander Monti Alexander Monti, husband of Angela Trotta Monti of 331 Washington Bristol, died yesterday in Delaware Valley Hospital after a short illness.

He was 79. Mr. Monti was born in Italy and was a Bristol resident for 55 years. He was a retired ploye of Rohm Haas. In addition to his wife, Mr.

Monti is survived by four sons, Anthony of Levittown, Lawrence and James of Bristol, and Peter of Medford, N.J.; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Plebani and Mrs. Anthony C. Manzo of Bristol; 16 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to the funeral Tuesday at 9 a.m.

from the Galzprano Funeral Home, 430 Radcliffe Bristol. Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Church. Interment will be in Our Lady of Grace Cemetery, Langhorne.

Friends may call Monday evening. Community (Continued from Page 1) seph O. Canby and Walter S. Farley minority Democrat, quickly agreed with Bodley. It was Farley who first said that he was receptive to sponsorship by the board.

He agreed however, to study the matter rather than a pig in a For the past few months, county school officials have advocated commission sponsorship. Various groups within recent weeks have adopted resolutions requesting the commissioners to take on the venture. Dr. George E. Raab, county superintendent of schools, was pleased with the news.

He commended the board for the for adopting the project. Significant Step Canby called the move most significant step the com- missiners (the present board) have Farley said there were problems of financing and accreditation but that were The capital investment (building, land, furniture, equipment etc.) is estimated at $4,000,000, the annual operating costs about $900,000 to $1,000,000. The operating expense is based on a full enrollment of 1,000 students at an individual cost of between $900 to $1,000 annually. The student, state and county each share one-third of the tuition costs. Sudden Burden The commissioners agreed that the initial capital investment would impose a sudden financial burden to the county.

However, Bodley said that there may be of financing the building costs rather than place the complete burden on county taxpayers. He declined to develop this point any further. He may have been referring to the Educational Facilities Act of 1963, which provides matching funds for capital investment. For every $1,000,000 the federal tyu.vimuvin. VA pects the state and the county to match with $500,000 each.

Act 484 the Community College Act provide for state aid for capital. It states merely that the state may reimburse capital up to one-half. Editor In Rome- 1 Does As Romans Do I A jumbled mass of wreckage is all that remains of private plane that crashed injuring Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and two others and killing two in Southampton, yesterday.

(UPI Telephoto) Ted Kennedy Hurt In Crash (Continued from Page 1) last rights of the Roman Catholic Church. Civil Rights (Continued from Page 1) tred and the President daid. If the forces of good will, compassion, decency and fair play can be brought to the battle, he added, the years of trial will be a prelude to the final triumph of a land liberty and justice for Atty. Gen. Robert F.

Kennedy, who with Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen TT anu oen. nuucii II. numpm cy, helped draft the final Senate bill, said in a brief statement that the vote hearten and encourage President Johnson and all Americans. I know how President Kennedy felt a year ago today and I know how pleased he would be Bail Set In Beating William Kenny, 33.

accused of the brutal beating of an 80-year old Bristol Township woman, was held last night in $5.000 bail for burglary, assault and battery, aggravated assault and battery, and indecent exposure. Following the hearing before justice of the peace Rene J. Tritschler, Croydon, Kenny was sent to Bucks County Prison to await court action. Kenny, who lives at 1013 Beaver Bristol, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with attacking and beating Mrs. Emma Booz, mother of Oscar Booz, Bristol Township Democratic Party leader.

Lower Bucks County Hospital today reported Mrs. condition as She was admitted with bruises and lacerations of the face and head and a possible concussion. The attack occurred yesterday morning while Mrs. Booz was in bed in her home at 5900 Mill Creek Road, Bristol Township. Her son today described the attack as and and said only her strong constitution allowed her to survive.

Booz praised the Bristol Township and Bristol Borough police and the Levittown -Fairless Hills Rescue Squad for quick action and the way they worked all morning to apprehend the man. often critical of Booz said. read about these things, but when close to home, they give you an entirely different feel- The pilot. Edwin T. Zimny of Lawrence, was killed in the crash.

Several members of the Kennedy family visited the senator at his hospital bedside. Among them was Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy.

Sen. Kennedy, who earlier had been described as in a state of semi consciousness, recognized his brother. are you, he asked. Edward Martin, the press secretary, said at 5:45 a.m., EDT more than five hours after the crash that Roll Call (Continued from Page 1) Keating, Kuchel, Miller, Morton, Mundt, Pearson, Prouty, Saltonstall, Scott, Smith, Williams of Del. and Young of N.D.

Against the Democrats against Byrd of Byrd of W. Eastland, Ervin, Fulbright, Gore, Hill, Holland. Johnston, Jordan of N.C., Long of McClellan, Robertson, Russell, Smathers, Sparkman, Stennis, Talmadge, Thurmond and Walters. Republicans Cotton, Goldwater, Hickenlooper, Mechem, Simpson and Tower. The vote to impose cloture on the civil rights debate June 10 was 71 29, with 44 Democrats and 27 Republicans in favor and 23 Democrats and 6 Republicans against.

On Friday's vote, Sens. Norris Cotton, and Bourke B. Hickenlooper, Iowa, who voted in favor of cloture, voted against the bill. Sens. Alan Bible, Carl Hayden, Wallace Bennett, R-Utah, and Milton Young, all of whom voted against cloture, voted in itavor ot me bill.

Kennedy comfortable now and somewhat improved. He is in fair senator is under some Martin said. Martin said Bayh and his wife were in Martin said the apparent time of the crash were between 10:55 p.m. and 11:05 p.m. Friday night while the plane was headed for Barnes Airport in nearby Westfield.

From there, Martin said, Kennedy was to pick up his wife at a private home where she was waiting and then go by car to the convention at West Springfield. The plane slammed into three or four trees on Walter apple trees on apple farm in this western Massachusetts community. The plane crumbled. The right wing was nearly ripped off. The cockpit was peeled off and the nose was smashed in.

A visitor to hospital bedside early today said the senator was in a of However, a hospital spokesman said his con- tion was fair to good. Members of the Kennedy family rushed to Cooley Dickinson Hospital from scattered parts of the nation. Sewage Board Asked For Plans The Chalfont New Britain Township Joint Sewage Authority has been given 120 days to submit plans for a sewage treatment plant. The order was one of 13 made by the state Health Department. If the plans are not submitted, the authority will face the loss I of its federal aid eligibility.

$150,000 Rehabilitation Unit Hailed As Experiment9 A host of county officials, guests, and Bucks County residents attended the dedication of the new $150,000 Rehabilitation Center near Doylestown this afternoon. Following the ceremonies which began with a flag raising at 1:30 p.m. there were tours of the center until 5 p.m. In his speech today, John J. Bodley, chairman of the Bucks County Commissioners and the county Prison Board, hailed the Center as a experiment.

our Bodley said rehabilitation project 1 Vin Aicta ucv a county of this size. Bucks County is a dynamic, rapidly growing county and our correction program must keep pace with this growth. Other counties will look to us to decide whether such a project will be practical for them. taxpayer has the right to ask whether his money is being used wisely in this noble experiment. is our hope that in time we will enable many of the inmates here to return to society to begin a normal, well adjusted Idea In 1962 Bodley said that the idea for a rehabilitation center was conceived by the prison board in 1962 and has gradually become a reality since Warden John D.

Case took over in December of that year and began adopting a modern correction program. In his welcoming address, Major Case drew from his frequently used expression. are in the salvage business. is not enough to dry them out, change their attitude and motivate Case said, referring to the 24 inmates who will be treated for alcoholic problems, must also retrain Vocational Shops Case said that vocational shops will be set up within the Center to teach prisoners marketable skills. A Citizens Division Industries Committee is now studying the problem along with state vocational rehabilitation and employment specialists to decide the best course to follow.

One wing of the center will house youthful and first offenders, the other wing, inmates with problems of alcoholism. Among the guests at the ceremony were Rear Admiral Russell White (U.S. Navy, retired) of Lower Mountain Road, New Hope, and Maj. Gen. Clayton Vogel, (U.S.

Marine Corps, retired), Kellers Church. Both men are octogenarians and have long been interested in the updating of the penal system. (Continued from Page 1) the past five years. 1 know less about it than ever before. But its magic becomes more compelling and once away from it, nostalgia becomes increasingly poignant.

Late today I fly to Cairo. But memory of four full days of exposure to the people, the innumerable fountains, the almost uncountable monuments to the past, to the enchanting sidewalk cafes, and to the incomparable restaurants and food for which Rome is particularly known, will make another journey here inevitable, with or without the help of the three lira in the fountain. Of course, there has been the visit to St. Basilica, a roundup of the Colosseum, the Forum, the Quirinal Palace, the Aquaducts, the Catacombs, the Panthoon and other legacies of past, as well as a leisurely drive along the old Appian Way. Of course, too, there has been the public audience with Pope Paul, attended by 15,000 devout Catholics and a great many people of other faiths from many countries of the world.

These are all very important (o developing a perspective of the ancient city. Yet, there is something else. This is the excitement of Rome, by day and by night, to which every visitor becomes captive, however sophisticated a traveler he may be. Whether you are promenading the streets by day with occasional moments for the shops, of which there are an astonishing variety, and a tiny cup of Expresso at one of the little intimate outdoor cafes, or out on the town by night, the excitement is very noticeable. The Romans make it so.

They are an articulate people, eager to please. They build up on the streets and huge piazzas (squares to you uninitiated) impossible traffic jams which ultimately, if excruciatingly slowly, become untangled. They train cab drivers to give you a guaranteed thrill a second. They have a fleet of carriages whose well-fed horses piod along completely unconcerned about the technological age. And at night, they turn on the lights of the city to the extent that you would never know that Italy is having trouble with its power supply.

This is strictly a commentary, as by now I am sure has become fully evident. So as a tourist, I resist a few old familiar haunts. Dinner once or twice at the classy Hostaria dell Orso, dating back to the year 1300, and which five years ago installed solid gold dinner service, (if you want it at a price) provides the most excellent food and wines in Rome. Then, too, lunch or dinner at the old Alfredos, an international style of restaurant to which discriminating travelers pay homage mostly for the first course of fettuccine with a cheese sauce as only Alfredos can do it, bolsters my confidence that some day I may be a gourmet. Last night I spent a late evening strolling the Via Veneto, the most fashionable street in Rome.

It is lined with colorful sidewalk cafes alive with the rich, the near rich, celebrities, and in this instance an American newspaper editor. The Romans say no one can sit for an hour at one of Via cafes without seeing a familiar face or someone he knows. I tried this out for size for two hours. The whole spectacle itself was a bit on the dazzling side. But I proved the Romans wrong.

No familiar face, no friends. Sort of a frustrating evening. Morrisville (Continued from Page 1) Louis C. Leedom. Yardley; financial secretary, Lawrence Gilmore, Lahaska; trustee, Leonard D.

Roberts, Trevose; fire marshal, Hibbs, Edgely, and state delegate, Leon Carlin Southampton. Tullytown Fire fulfilling its pledge of $1,000, presented a check for $666.67 toward the ucks County Training $150,000 drive. Gilmore reported a membership of 747 with 435 unpaid in dues. There are 45 fire companies paid up. The fall convention of the firemen will be held Saturday, Sept.

12 in Sellersville. Morrisville is host today for the gala parade, which got under way at 1:30 p.m. Weather HOT WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST: Hot and humid, high temperature, 92 to 95, and scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms both today and tomorrow. arm tonight, low temperature around 70. SHORE FORECAST: Mostly sunny and warm today, temperatures in the mid 80s both days.

High yesterday: 85. Low yesterday: 56. Low this morning: 64..

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