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HOSPITALIZED BORO GANG FIGHT For News Of Morrisville Yardlev MakeKeld See Page 9 ICmttoum Weather Cloudy and cool with occasional rain today, tonight and tomorrow. Delaware Valley's Greatest Home Newspaper VOL. 11, No. 199 Member ABC LEVITTOWN, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1964 22 PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS Two Bristol youths are in face and is in satisfactory con-j Police Headquarters this morn-lly was involved in the fight. Lower Bucks Hospital today as dition.

Volponi is suffering from ing preparing to bring a gang1 Uses Belt a possible concussion but his condition was also described as Bristol p0iice reported that a Bensal! ucsciiucu d.s for questioning. He has also satisfactory. I issued a warrant for the arrest jcm ontcrod Gerome F'aragalli was at Bensalem I of a Philadelphian who reported-! Luncheonette after 9 the result of a gang fight last night at the corner of Favragut Ave. and McKinley Biistol. Bristol Police Chief Vincent F'aragalli reported this morning that Michael Rich, 18, 352 Taft and Robert Volponi, 17, of 6 Lincoln were taken to the hospital by the Bucks County Rescue Squad.

Both Satisfactory Rich sustained injuries to his Jeep's End At Bridge's End Moral: Give last night and attacked another youth with a belt. Silvio Gerome, owner and operator of the luncheonette, gave police the following account: fellow came in carrying a belt and walked up to another fellow and said. got my brother on Mill and you going to get away with it. get Barrage Of Rocks The youth was struck across the neck with the belt before his attacker could be stopped and ushered out to the street. Photog Snaps Swimmers Top Side And Bottom 12 MORE FACE QUESTIONING To Wife An armed holdup at a Middletown Township gas station was foiled last night because the owner had given all his money to his wife.

A black sedan with New Jersey registration pulled into Sunoco Station on Route 1 about 9:40. according to Middletown Township police. There were two men and two women in the car. One of the men went into the office and asked for change for a dollar from Mrs. Margaret jToth, wife of the owner.

Emery Toth, 32, of Philadelphia. The man went to the restrooms and returned to tell Toth there were no paper towels. Waves Revolver The Morrisville Community Pool officially opened on Saturday although it was a mite cool. Swimmers nevertheless took to the water and when they found it crowded on top, they simply dived to the bottom, as Chris Willis, 15, of 339 Osborne Morrisville, did. Courier-Times Photographer Alex Zidock used a special underwater camera, a Nikonis to get this unusual shot.

The jeep has found the end of its road against a steel abutment. 3 Die As Car Hits Bridge Abutment I Good I I I Evening! I S. 0. Batting for G. G.

G. Is that rain? fj Agency Gets Extra $5,000 Some drops coming down this morning but it hesitates as if not knowing whether to give the farmers or Bucks safeties a break. The safeties are scheduled to be taken to Willow Grove Park by the police as thanks for good work during the year. Now It Can Pay Those Phone Bills As Toth went into the rest-; room with the towels, one of thej men stepped from behind the: Out For A Ride In Brand New Vehicle door and waved a nickel-plated revolver at him. He made Toth lie on the floor and searched his I pockets and wallet.

Then the men into the car and fled on Route 1 toward Trenton. Toth told police he had no money, since he had given it all to his wife. He said the men approach his wife for the money. Detective Roger Thorsen investigated and issued a general alarm to New Jersey police, which failed to turn up the suspects. Thorsen is still investigating.

Gerome called police. At about the same time his restaurant was struck by a barrage of rocks thrown from a gang outside the establishment. Meanwhile a battle involving more than a dozen youths erupted outside the restaurant. Sgt. Hubert Downs and Patrolman A1 Eastlack.

who responded to the call, found the two injured youths at the scene. They also found several straps or belts, and a length of pipe. Probing Fight Faragalli said that he believes the pipe was used in the attack on the two injured youths. Minor damage was sustained by the restaurant and adjoining building from the rock barrage. Bristol police are being aided in the investigation of the fight by Bensalem and Philadelphia police.

By SCOOP LEWIS Courier-Times Staff Writer Three Philadelphia youths, out for a ride in a brand new Willys Jeep which had been purchased by one of the teenagers only hours earlier, were killed early yesterday when the vehicle crashed into a steel Bucks 19H4 Day weekend and I years and a day after three persons died in a Memorial Day mishap in Lower Makefield Township. 20 In Lower Bucks The three deaths yesterday Memorial last year there were 27 deaths came six in the county. They were among 19 holiday traffic deaths recorded in Pennsylvania adding to the record number occurring on the streets and highways during the Memorial Day weekend. bridge abutment on State Road, broueht Burks 1 QR 4 International Diougnt bucks Countys 1964 showed 426 person died traffic fatalities to 30, traffic between p.m. Thurs- marred 20 in Lower Bucks.

This and midnight yesterday, well Croydon. The triplet ragedy The Bucks Redevelopment Au- A fine gesture by our police who in general day after day under tough conditions sincerely try to do a good job. Two killed at the Indianapolis Speedway. About 10 years ago I watched a race driver killed. One of his mechanics turned to the crowd at the accident and yelled.

You only come to see! Rain, Rain On The Way Lower Bucks, after experiencing the driest May on record, should finally get relief today from the late-spring drought. Forecast of occasional rain today, tonight and tomorrow was expected to bring between one and two inches of rainfall to the parched farm brown-tinged lawns. thority can now pay all those1 phone bills. The authority received a $5,000 windfall this morning from the Bucks County Commissioners, who had budgeted $23,600 to the authority for the year. The appropriation comes in the wake of several weeks of pleas for funds from the authority, the chairman of which, Wil-j liam O.

Kline, said the agency had debts totaling $9,000. Kline pected the office phone to be removed. The motion to appropriate the extra $5.000 was made by Com- Too Many Witches At I pper Bucks Home Not A Ghost Of A Chance For Spirits Ulf. missioner Joseph O. Canby at a crops mceting and seconded by S.

Farley Jr. minority The month of May produced member. I nnlv 25 onp-hiinrtrpdthi; nf an Fsrlcy VGtcd for thi riation two weeks ago but was I know whether he was right or wrong but I thought if that was the way the professionals felt I would never again be a spectator to an auto race. inch of rain according to the Trenton Weather Bureau. Normal rainfall for the month is 3.62 inches.

The previous record low for the month was 89 one- hundredths of an inch of rain in May of 1923. ----Talking about being a spec- Temperature-wise, May aver- tator I watched that 23-inning aged about 64 degrees, two de- Giants-Mets game on TV yes- grees above normal. terday from beginning to end. It was a fascinating, thrilling affair and better than the Late, Late Show. For this writer it even had a good ending.

Cool temperatures are forecast for today and tomorrow in the upper 60s. A 3 p.m. today the thermometer read 66 degrees. overruled by the two Republican commissioners. Became Chairman John J.

Bodley also voted for the measure making it unanimous. became so distressed at! home of Mrs. Manners Ham- reading in the newspapers about merstein in Upper Black Eddy. By ROGER KOHN Courier-Times Staff Writer The main problem was telling which witch was witch. There were plenty of colored stockings, weird headgear, and long capes: but no stove-pipe black hats or long fingernails, and the only broomstick around was stuck on the door of the powder room.

So the only way to find out was to go up to people and nek thpm if thmr wore witfhnc Even if they said no, they looked flattered at the question. Flower Moon The gathering took place on Saturday (the termination of the month of the Flower Moon, as everybody knows) at the ences, and others who had the are black witches. I misfortune to live in haunted Iam a white said Sybil, houses. she said, talk to So 1 did. Star Attraction The star attraction of the evening was Sybil Leek.

Sybil, dark-haired, and arrayed in a varied costume that ended in and left. I gathered that black witches are out this season. I carried on circulating, veering past a chap who was displaying a machine that detects flying saucers when they pass overhead. It. works with two batteries and a front door bell.

In A Wizard another room I found He smiled, and then gave merry little laugh. he said, am above the previous record of 371 persons killed over a similar Memorial Day holiday period year. Pronounced dead on arrival at Lower Bucks County Hospital at 3:15 a.m.t 90 minutes after their car crashed in the Neshaminy Creek span, were: James M. Rodney, 18, of 12632 Knights Place, driver and owner of the 1964 car, who died of a broken neck and multiple injuries. James T.

Hogan, 17, 102 Hickory Hill Road, who died of a fractured skull and multiple injuries. Mark Gasparotti, 18, of 12634 Biscayne Drive, who died of a fractured skull and multiple injuries. Two Bristol Township police officers, Woodrow Wilson and Charles Glogouski, were cruis- ing only a block away when they So far, nothing really unusual heard the crash. Coming out of had happened no black cats, no magic, no ghosts. But I thought the wizard, whose name was John, might be able to pull something out of his ba tricks.

Fifth the patrolmen saw something shoot across the road. Seconds later, they saw dust and smoke settling at the purple stockings, told me man with glasses who was of bridge. Died Instantly They found Gasparotti lying (designed by daughter). herself and her their (the Bodley said with a chuckle. Bodley Mrs.

Hammerstein, elegantly attired in a floor-length green cape and matching pajamas, when he took I announced that the party was as chairman in January, prom- a gathering of witches, persons witches. are 8,000 of she said proudly. She is over here from New Forest (one of the most popular witch resorts) to pro-j mote her recently published 17,11 I book. Naturally, deals with lng witches. Too Many People npprinrr ot that1 pfraiH Hr.

co decorate the of Mrs. Ham- see- there aie far too bridge, about 12 feet in front magnificent house many people, and besides you of the Jeep. Rodney was behind (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) you a I asked.

1 On The Inside 1 (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 )lwho have had psychic experi- American papers recently On 6-Wk. Trip Courier-Times Editor George witches in I asked, G. Gray leaves late today from mentioning a band (or covey) i Kennedy Airport, New York, on of witches who have made the Swissair jet for Geneva, Switz- you connected with the in However, the win push the Giants back into first place because the Phils kept to their winning ways. Japanese Flag Makes Him See Red, White And Blue Holiday Prank Winds Up With A Punch Those Phils are starting make believers of everyone.

to A local fellow says his been so bad lately he even eat during the TV commercials. By the time a man makes the last payment on his car, his son is driving it. Running up the Japanese flag on a flagpole on Memorial Day fiuitp a Especially when it happens in Bristol Township. At least what Fred F'arelli of Bryn Mawr thought when he wound up punching the fellow who was responsible for the holiday prank. It all started Saturday night when Clifford Pearce of 905 Spencer Drive, Croydon Acres, was having a party with a neighbor, Russell Alexander of 902 Spencer Drive.

Pearce told Bristo' Township police he had just bought a new flagpole. a joke, Alexander proceeded to take down the American flag and ran up the Japanese colors. Farelli, who was visiting in the neighborhood, think it was a joke. He proceeded to punch Alexander in the mouth. Pearce then called police to lodge a complaint against Farelli, but later dropped the charge when he was told by police to keep the Japanese flag down or he'd be arrested for disorderly conduct.

jerland, and thence a six week writing mission in the Middle East and Northern Europe. He will be a member of a party of a dozen editors and publishers from across the na- tion taking a new look at politi- cal, economic and social dim- ates in a half dozen countries to be visited His almost daily reports, sometimes droll, sometimes fa- cetious, sometimes serious, to Courier-Times readers should start appearing by the first of next week. i This is Mr. seventh in the past Who do you think runs the Of at the Palisades Amusement Park? Richard Burton. And what does Elizabeth Taylor do for a living? See Dick West, Page 7.

You can have $450 worth of vacation fun if you win COINWORD. Deadline tonight at midnight. Major league baseball and auto racing were in the limelight over the weekend. Pages 14, 15. INDEX Amusements 12 Obituaries 5 Classified 16-19 RMLS ........8 Comics 20, 21 14, 15 Editorials 6 TV Schedule ...21 Editorial 7 News 10, Jacoby 24 Junior Reporter 20 Classified No.

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