Bucks County Courier Times (Newspaper) - September 29, 1977, Levittown, Pennsylvania lurks Vol No 229 September 20 Cents Crime victim gets for shattered life By Courier Times Staff Writer Antoinette D'Angelo can still hear the I The hollow sound of approaching from the darkness hind Sometimes she can feel it the crash of an arm on the back of her the fall to the pavement and the splintering bone a horrible the woman shudders On Good Friday this Antoinette returning from a Bingo game at the was mugged three doors from her home on Street in Bristol Borough The young boy looked up and could see he was stole her which contained some ol it bingo he also robbed her of four months of her life and partial use of her right arm This the state's Crime Victim Compensation Board paid In In return for the two months of daily w baths at Delaw are Valley Hospital In return for the cleaning woman who did her keeping In return for the she lost But nothing will compensate Mrs for an arm that won't straighten and for nerves that were shattered thought things would have settled down by she nervously stabbing out a cigaret with her left hand days I'm fine Other It comes over me and I can still see it and feel Mrs had been walking from Pond Street to her home that night when the boy struck her from behind She fell to the concrete pavement on her shattering the bone at the elbow She looked up from the sidewalk and saw boy running away Then she crawled to the porch of her house and called to her husband that I couldn't get anything she says couldn't scream or Her broken arm was in a cast for eight weeks Her doctor re- moved it prematurely because the break was so severe he wanted her to begin therapy as soon as possible told me I'd never straighten it out she says Courier by Mike Antoinette describes her ordeal She walked every afternoon to the hospital for the whirlpool treatments I wanted lo get better I was afraid I'd lose the use of my Mrs said a friend of her husband told her about the state Crime Victim Compensation which pays out thousands of dollars yearly to victims of She filled out the detailed application she got from the got a notarized statement from her cleaning made copies of her prescriptions and gave a form to the then sent In the claim That was in May She received a check for this week to cover the expense of the cleaning woman and the prescriptions The hospital got a check for the rest to pay for the whirlpool treatments She said she knew In advance don't compensate for pain and She says she couldn't even put a on that She will never again be able tn do heavy housework she her injured arm goes limp I drop But it's what the experience has done to her spirit that is the most crippling very she says in a quiet I don't go out at night unless somebody takes me I don't even ry a purse anymore I carry a cigaret case with a few dollars in There's a sign attached to the tiny white porch out- side her home After 19 she and her husband arc leaving Bristol Borough just the two of she the house is much to large And I'm just not happy here anymore Maybe if we move somewhere near my I'll feel The Victim Compensation program is good Mrs gcIo says she the awards should be larger do go through an awful she says not a heck of a lot to compensate But at least I'm grateful for that much 1 the doctor told I was going to have a lot of trouble with my a just golta live with it and my Mystery A tale of diamonds and death unfolds from Our Wire Se NEW YORK Murder and the disappearance of up to SI million in gems has left tan's bustling diamond district uneasy as police seek the killer of gem broker Detectives sifted evidence taken from the tiny office of dia- mong cutter Shlomo w ho led police to body on Wednesday Tal re- counted a bizarre talc of kidnap and murder by two shadowy male intruders who has not been was being held as a material witness in the and was set to appear today at a hearing in state Supreme Court New York's trial court The material witness status enabled authorities to keep the Tal available for further ing without charging him with any part in the crime described as a ing business acquaintance of the slain man had been missing for three days Tal lold police he and of were the victims of two robbers who burst into Tal's office Sept 20 the night beat the broker with a plank and look the gems Tal said he was forced to wrap m a plastic Gem cutler Shlomo Tal hag and put still into the crate The crate then was slid under Tal's workbench Tal police lie went to work every day last though was still tinder the be cause he wjs afraid he and his family would be if called police Police Tdl lold them he was kidnaped near his Imme in N Sunday ing the same two robbers and driven around the metropolitan until early when he was released When he was found Tal had in gems worth about the gems police said lie bad when he disappeared Tal told police abductors took from but did not find the gems hidden under a car seat Police said that during an interrogation Tal could not explain he had been spared by the robbers after bludgeoned into and loft to suffocate in the crate They also said there were several inconsistencies in account to Newtown By Beatrice Johnson Special Writer The state Department of tation again yesterday that it does not have the 1 million necessary to complete Phase II of the Bypass At a meeting with ami officials Robert dis- engineer for said the state gasoline lax will have to be raised by the state legislature to pay for new highway construction time is Rowland for residents to urge their state to increase the budget for money is not fur then will bo in one business only and that is to maintain not build new he added He said could not build any more roads by floating bomls be- cause the sUle agency cannot paj off the bonds No guarantee Thomas representing the office of state Sen Edward L Howard cautioned lint even if a cent gasoline tax increase is approved by there is that the needed money will be used to complete the Newtown pass the other side of the Walter the taxpayers are up with paj ing and do not support tax increases Borough Councilman cents is not a lot of ple pay the gasoline taxes anyway the meeting got r at the offices of s and state Rep Margaret George said she is aware of the need for the completion of the but reiterated an earlier commitment Courier photo bv Ran Brown Officials say bypass completion would solve jams such as this one on Road that she will not vole for any increase in taxes The second section of the which would connect Phase I along to in Lower was removed from the county's list of highway projects due to a cutback in state funding When the funds were Phase II was replaced as a top priority item by the Route I bypass which was further along in the planning stages Rowland said the Route t project will not be built until the money is there Carl Sedla chairman of the low n Township hoard of asked the representatives of the Bucks County Planning Commission Phase II was removed from its former number one position on the county's capital project list Robert executive director of the county planning said when becomes available Phase II will he placed on the county's list and an environmental impact of Newt own can begin contended It was not a tion of moving cars but rather a tion of the environment for on Page Col news summary Bucks County Barbara Allen hired by Bucks Barbara A wife of former major league baseball star Dick is back in the county's lineup She was hired yesterday as a county purchasing clerk Unlike her hiring as a county information specialist several weeks the new hiring will be paid out of county funds Mediator to try to bring sides gether College teacher strike En its second day with no talks scheduled State mediator said he will try to bring sides together but not if they arc still rigid on issues lie's got four In balancing act State mediator handling the strike negotiations at Bucks County Community College Is handling four delicate negotiations at the same time plant Joins steel Imports fight Competition cost Pennsylvania plants Jobs last year and U.S Stool has embarked on campaign opposing foreign steel Imports 3 Clark charge County treasurer responds to charge made last week by Republican controller candidate about to cover up Bucks fiscal In Bridges would take toll of neighborhoods and arc troubled over proposals for bridges thai would split their communities Columnist Joe comments Editorial A college strike really hum Our editorial writers take a look at the strike at Rucks County Community College and point out the ones who really arc suffering arc the students Unlike elementary and secondary college students a re under a tough problem of lime and finance when it comes to education This is especially true for part-lime students who may suffer serious setbacks by a long strike To conserve energy Congressman Peter II is on target when he the Carter administration for failing to support adequate mass transportation It is say our editorial Carter pushes for conservation as the key to his energy package The President fails to provide a positive alternative to cars What Is needed is a real and imaginative commitment to mass transportation 6 The tax Robert the Richboro tax is threatening to fight for the defeat of Bucks Judge John J in the November general election when the judge faces a retention vole Graham wants a tax exemption on the grounds he Is a minister The judge says no The serious issue of tax say our editorial Is badly served by Graham's political actions 7 The Grand Inquisitors Whatever else he Bert Lance made a mockery of the U S Senate The senators who supposedly grilled him proved themselves to be shallow and plain wrong dominated the hearings If they had lo do U all over the senators probably would do the very same things Their supposed reforms arc falling apart 7 Interrogation by wet noodle Following on the heels of the Lance the U.S Senate supposedly was beefing up its investigative arm and brushing up on its interview methods so no future appointee could slip through like the jolly Georgian did Guess what happened at the first Not a few senators ended up testifying for the latest appointee from President Carter They told their colleagues what a good guy the appointee was and how lucky the government was to get 7 If you hate advertising The Federal Trade Commission lawyers who rule the advertising roost arc following a free market approach to merchants pushing their wares on the public The idea is that the public is the ultimate judge and always is best suited to test the claims of the thus the dirtier the the better Sports Boxing 22 22 Challenger Shavers sees All as ticket out of ghetto Earnie Shavers says he'll knock out Muhammad All In sixth or seventh round while All says he'll knock Shavers out in the first or fourth Heavyweight championship bout will be held tonight In New York Cross-country X-C contingent keeps rolling along still Is undefeated In Lower Rucks County Cross-country League after beating Likewise for Frank top won again recording a victory over Bob and good evening When Isadore Bellis name leaped out from the I thought he was getting out of jail he was just being sentenced This case seems to have taken ages Bellis gambled and lost When he was convicted in lower court he only got lie appealed and now he has to serve at least two years in Penitentiary beginning lo worry about the niceties of that Stanley baum case in Philadelphia is taking strange turns It seems got a loan from a hank for District ney Emmet and the 000 ended up going to a convicted felon Fitzpatrick when asked questions about this by a grand jury earlier had taken the fifth amendment can hardly wait until after the coming election when will leave his office In another politician made a surprise move when Senator Henry relinquished his chairmanship a few days he got a vole to keep it Is it that at this late date Is The health experts now know that the Legionnaires disease was not a Philadelphia problem but a bacterium that is prevalent out Ihc nation and which until now has been thought to be pneumonia Since the outbreak in Philadelphia there have been at least 50 other cases nationwide Now that it has been scientists think in past few years it might have killed over 100 persons They should add one hotel to the total Never has there been so little talk about an upcoming heavyweight title fight even going to be on sion Despite his being All is seen as an easy winner over Ernie Shavers It seems the two most obsolete words in the language arc About Never since ans collected scalps have so many people walked around with hair that wasn't theirs p.m tHT Dear pic Classified A TV 7 p.m Newsroom Sports Government Circulation
