Bucks County Courier Times (Newspaper) - September 20, 1977, Levittown, Pennsylvania mra 6T No 221 September 50 Pages 20 Cents Morale sagging in Warminster Sick leave rack police By Mary Intelligencer Staff Writer Chronic abuse of sick leave leges has teft the Warminster Police Department demoralized due to over- worked officers and the fear that some nights the township may go without surveillance because of negligence Acting Police Chief Elmer P last night told the township supervisors that several officers arc taking advantage of the unlimited sick leave provision negotiated Into their contract four years ago One of Ihc according to the Cla wges called In sick 40 days since 1977 During that he Hied one traffic citation and re- to only three calls in three months The unlimited sick leave provision struck a sour note with the currently involved In contract negotiations with police Policemen arc their to be at home If they call In said Thomas P township manager No doctor's for any period of Is required Although the township usually maintains silence during contract Hotter said the supervisors have him to make Ihc sick leave policy an issue for negotiations The new contract will take effect Jan 1 said police supervisors do make to determine whether the ailing officer Is at home According to the township has not had where ailing officers have been found to be not at home But with the number of sick have to he said According to the police budget is already overextended In the overtime category The budget lists a yearly expenditure of Over- time Is already over by Absenteeism has cut short the de- operation of a tactical squad which would have maintained surveillance on a ongoing basis In the township According to the men who were assigned to the squad had to fill In for ailing policemen The overtime excess Is not com- attributable to misuse of sick said Hotter Police have had injuries and many have been making court appearances as well as taking courses at area schools Acting Chief Elmer Clauses Lawsuits stop music for Bucks disc firm Courier br Discount record mogul Mike In his Croydon office By Lanny Courier Tones Staff Writer in the kind found in discount racks He buys and sells a product retailers place in the rear of music away from the LPs displayed with sexy and slick graphics tic is the junk man of record in- living off scraps Dut because the record industry is su be- cause there are so many Mike Ad lor has made out all right At the president of Scorpio Music Distributors in is selling million worth of records a year Not bad for a Philadelphia boy who once peddled his wares from the trunk of a cur Scorpio has been in existence for seven years and sales have in- creased at rates as high as 07 per cent according to Adler In July was featured in a story in a respected trade journal The report was on the coup scored when the firm bought up 2.5 million re- cords and tapes on the Apple label Negotiations Tor the owned by the former members of the took 18 months says his success has not gone unnoticed And he believes the bigger he the more likely the giants of the recording industry will try to erush Scorpio as the target of Warner Brothers the dominant force In the business Warner produces records under the labels Warner Alco and Cotillion H distributes those labels as well as Stones and Song In its sales totaled or 1823.1 million more than Scorpio Warner Is suing Scorpio for aliened on Page Col The scene of an FBI The rains but flooding bypassed Bucks By Scoop Lewis Conner Staff Lower Bucks County got wet last hut was spared ing and power failures which hit parts ofthe Delaware ley We did have heaviest in nearly two is the National Weather Service in Trenton reported l inches up to 7 this morning it was considerably less at the Comity ier Times in where the rain gauge showed only Hli inch A Philadelphia Electric area did very He noted there were several inter- of triggered by tripping brought it back on failure Local police depart in on Is reported no flooding problems or ages resulting from the thunderstorms In a drowned at an the were shut down and about 30 homes were evacuated in flooding that accompanied the storm The hoy Sterling was trapped in the back seat of a ear submerged in feet of water at the intersection of 251 h and Diamond Streets in North Philadelphia The National Weather Service reported of an of rain at Philadelphia's International Airport But an was measured at the Bridge after the pour Homes evacuated Other flooding forced the evacuation of about HO homes in the Kensington section of the and shut down the Broad Street subway between and p.m Passengers from four trains had to leave the flooded tunnels but there were no police said Lightning from the same set fire to a tank containing barrels of crude oil on Gulf Oil Darby Creek tank farm shortly before midnight The 1.67 inches recorded by the In Trenton was the hea viest in this area since Aug 1 when a record inches flooded Lower Bucks Last night's storm raised the month's total rainfall n inches Normal for September Is 3.17 Inches For the precipitation is to which is more than three inches above normal for period clear skies were forecast for northern California ter a three-day storm dampened the region willi cally heavy rains A half-inch downpour splashed on San Francisco flooding streets and storm drains Smaller amounts of rainfall were re- corded to the cast in the San Joaquin a heavy farming area hit hard by the drought The NWS said the storm the first since early August was indication the state's weather situation might Improve after two dry years news summary Bucks County Church tax appeal may set precedent Appeal of who claims his home is a moved to Dueks County Court today as the mail-order minister hopes to sec a precedent set giving his home status board OKs classification grievance method College trustees approve proposals made by Independent study firm that found some of previous standards potentially unfair New town 2 Water supply means 751 new homes The great Newtown Township water crisis is over Developers in the township will be granted permits to mure than 750 new homes after an engineer for Ihc Newtown Artesian Water Co last night testified there is enough water available to serve new houses 3 New town Twp approves plans for 212 homes Supervisors give preliminary approval for homes In Woods of Saxony on Route 532 after Imposing two conditions on developer Question of of water raised Upper Southampton 3 Zoning park arc U zoning and controversial Park have surfaced as the only Issues In race for supervisor In township Tax collector and school board setts also being contented 3 Warminster decides on parks operation Township supervisors and manager win quiet victory during hour executive session with parks board chairman Parks board to reconsider its position that one of its members oversee expenditures and operations of supervisor of park maintenance and public property Business 21 Brazilian drought could mean new coffee shortage Although current coffee harvest In Brazil is relatively producers fear 1078 crop could be reduced significantly Some farmers predict production losses of from 30 to 50 per cent because of lack of rain in the past three months Editorial 6 A courthouse In Lower Bucks While the Ducks County Bar Association and the Bucks judges are discussing use of ihc association's new building for courtroom our editorial writers put in a reminder about the need for a new courtroom in the lower section of the county Poor ihc bulk of the population and more court cases arc just a few of the reasons the space Is needed in Lower Bucks 6 Orchestral home The Warminster Symphony Orchestra may be forced to move and change its name The cost of playing at the Centennial School District Is just too high Our editorial writers say help Is needed The orchestra Is a symbol of civic pride and the citizenry should come to Us rescue Help that's needed Child beating Is a serious problem and a new Parents Helping Is aimed at aiding people caught in that terrible problem Our editorial writers say the organization deserves help from the community and anyone who Is a child beater should go to Parents Helping Parents for assistance e 7 Health care costs going up The staggering cost of health care is a monumental problem which must be dealt with in the immediate future Americans Indirectly finance health care through taxes and Individual or group health insurance policies 7 Social Security move escaped public scrutiny Hard-headed decisions about space-age technology are reverberating through the halls of the giant U.S Social Security Administration Entertainment 10 Barbl walls to go The busty young beauty Is scheduled to explode to stardom this fall In the new television But then again she also could fizzle Sports Football 12 A knight In shining armor for now After the Philadelphia first opening day victory in 10 coach Dick Vermeil resembles knight in shining but season is still young with more difficult foes Day to face 14 Duffy receive ball honor Archbishop Wood's Kurt Schneider Is named offensive player of Ihc week while Tom Jackman Is selected defensive player of the week Wood's Skip Duffy was named coach of the week by engineering win over Cardinal Baseball 13 Flik can't shake butterflies Even though Boston Red Sox catcher Curl ton risk generally comes through In clutch he can't seem to shake nervousness In moments of pressure 12 Red Sox change long to Boston pounds two home runs at home to dump New York M good evening The Greeks came bearing gifts as Jacqueline Onassis has agreed to tle all her claims against her dead husband's estate for a cool million Not bad when you consider the talk Is Onassis was going to divorce her but died before he could begin the In finding a third It will be Jacqueline who will have to be on guard against people who want to marry for money The EPA Is out with the mileage figures on the new cars and three lead the list In the gas economy tests Everyone Is reminding drivers they won't get the same mileage the EPA reports It's a guide A safely Two highway aces arc drivers under 25 going 65 and drivers over 65 Edward 1 who came from won the Democratic ry In the New York mayoralty race Only a few months ago he wasn't en much chance of beating the other six candidates The old guard also fell in Ihc council president race where a woman beat out old-time politician Paul New Yorkers wanted some new faces for their old problems There's gloom on Wall Street where stocks have hit a low The experts say Investors are worried about the stowing economy and inter- est rales There's talk U S Steel won't build its new plant in Ohio at this time and Youngstown announced a major back that will see lose their jobs The President will have to prime the economy with some tax cuts or breaks so It can get going again Let's hope his mind isn't too busy on the Bert Lance affair to notice the ing economy greatest mistake of my sighed this the number of temptations I've resisted A college education adds thousands of dollars to a man's Income which he then spends sending his son to col- lege p.m 829 TV All Newsroom Sports Circulation
