Daily Times (Newspaper) - January 11, 1977, Primos, Pennsylvania HOME DELIVERY 90 CENTS County w Tuesday January FIFTEEN CENTS Pagans to than Chris Beebe 16 fills bottomless coffee cups Ridley Township restaurant Drinkers chock full of anger High coffee prft tempest in teapot By BARBARA ORMSBY Daily Times Correspondent For habitual coffee drinkers like Midge Francis the tc W Related article Page 2 just P-I t skyrocketing tempest ih a 4 to drink coffee no matter the price in courtesy will continue We have to provide the coffee for these bowlers this year because it's m our contract with the keep At trie f- Steak tHouse in Ridley Township the sky pounds of coffee a limit when it comes to While there been reports said the Ridley Township jn cups Of coffee that a of dents who admits to downing at manager Robert Cahili said the is customers can have as much to want after buying the first cup for 25 cents jury chosen federal court jury of six men and six women has been chosen to try the former national president of the Pagans Motorcycle Club and four others for their participation in an alleged drug conspiracy The mostly middle-aged panel and three alternate jurors who were sworn in Monday were expected to hear opening argu- ments today John V Satan Marron 39 of Marcus Hook was indicted by a grand and charged with conspiracy to manufacture di- and possess a hallucinogen Marron is currently serving a prison term following his conviction on charges stemming from a fatal gun battle in Richmond Va Also standing trial are Glenn Turner 29 also of Marcus Hook John Mason 31 of Brooklyn and Paul Henderson 25 and Benjamin Shreeve 20 both of Turner and Mason are alleged members of the Pagans The selection of the jury lasted four hours as the potential jurors about their ability to a lair verdict in a trial the defendants professed style Conviction on all charges could mean 50 years imprisonment for each one of the men Lansdowne belly dancer it up ATLANTIC CITY Starr could have danced all night Layoffs at Boeing Vertol and all day and all night and all layoffs 330 workers at Westinghouse Electric Corp here will be laid off over a week period that began last week Richard D Carter Westinghouse public relations manager said the layoffs are confined to the nuclear turbine division The layoffs were brought a continuing in demand for steam turbines and the lack of con- struction of power plants he said A reduction in the construction of nuclear power plants in the past year was cited as a key reason for the layoffs Nearly workers are employed at the plant Utility companies placed orders for only three nuclear reactors in 1976 and 1975 Thirty-three orders were placed for reactors in in 1973 in 1974 CARTER said those turbine orders that are on the company's Westinghouse in Ridley Township and the an- shutdown of the FMC Corporation's cellophane tion in Marcus Hook involves about workers OFFICIALS of Local 107 of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union which represents workers at the Westinghouse plant condemned the layoffs as a broken promise by management Union officials said management had promised employment levels would remain stable in the first quarter of this year We were absolutely said Dennis J Glavin union business said he was have been delayed or test notified at pm Tuesday stretched out because of the of utility companies to obtain permits for new power plants In addition the demand for electric power has been re- because the excess re- serve capacity on hand he said While the layoff is confined for now to hourly workers the company spokesman said it is probable that salaried and other employes will be affected in the future The to more than in recent weeks at Delaware County in- by a phone call from the in- relations manager We had been assured there would be no layoffs until sometime in April I'm learning more from radio and TV than I Glavin said He said he had also received a phone call last week from Al O'Donnell of the state Bureau of Employment ing the layoff During the last quarter of 1976 the company hired 70 additional hourly workers He said the company has requested a meeting with him least 12 cups of brew dally I just can't do without my she said i We are experiencing a definite decline in coffee said Roy Edmands assistant manager at the Pathmark store in Marple I We did notice an upsurge in sales during the holidays but this week we're right back where we were before Christmas i Edmands said tea sales are up and the tea department in Pathmark has been expanded AT THE market on the Avenue of the States in Chester manager Emory said the store is hot making any profit on coffee j It selling coffee has become more or less a service to our customers Emory said adding that the store has a considerable decline in coffee sales A store brand at selling for a pound with Sanka brand topping the price list at a pound At least two county restaurants that advertise the bottomless of coffee are still sticking WE ARE at the break even point Cahili said Up until now we had a pretty good return even offering the less cup At the Perkins Pancake House in Springfield the cost of the boycott in Delaware County Mrs Linda of Bethel said a group of lier have in- formally agreed to boycott beverage Mrs IT'S TEA Knierin said A Norwood housewife with a family of four coffee drinkers bottomless cup is still 30 cents said she is conducting a partial but the restaurant has taken boycott of her own I now make only two pots of coffee a day instead of the usual she explained She also found a way to stretch her coffee dollar by purchasing a in steps to cut waste We now serve our coffee new specially insulated con- that can keep coffee hot and flavorful for iip to 18 manager Samuel Cocchia said Before If a patron only drank one or two cups of the six in the brand of coffee chicory j I only use one half the amount coffee container we would throw of per cup that I would out the rest because once it got using regular she said Besides saving money by ing down on your coffee con- cold we would never he explained Perkins uses about 280 pounds if only of coffee a week duration of the current price rise At a pound that's a lot you could also improve your of Cocchia said health Coffee can cause heart ir- DAY LEAGUE bowlers at the regularities irritate the stomach Route 322 and make a person Upper Chichester free said Dr John Ruffini of Ridley coffee but desk clerk Hope Sharp should cut down an said she doesn't know if the the amount they drink School bus cutbacks d pa rents f if e UPPER DARBY A proposed cut in busing ior students of this district drew 125 residents put to a township school board meeting to protest sacrificing students for dollars Monday night According to a special revaluation by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation requested by the Upper Darby Board in an effort to cut back its transportation budget only five of the district's 13 areas are still classified as hazardous enough to merit bus tion for students living the limits set in Act 372 Mrs president of pointed out that we as a board asked for a tion of the routes They didn't just come clown and do it The district anticipates a V savings of some in its budget as a result of the revaluation the board learned at its work session last week NEVERTHELESS public tion to the curtailment of bus service was strong Residents the Stonehurst Hills and Primes sections which would be strongly affected by the cutback the board for two hours on how could examine and the board received the in- formation at its executive session last week The findings declared only five routes hazardous and ble for busing by the state The remainder were found non- and therefore non- reimbursable AREAS WHICH will continue to get busing under the new system include Westbrook Park Road north School were all Sycamore Road north of according to Mrs Furey They and North Avenue in Stonehurst day and all night In fact Miss Starr is claiming the new world's record for con- belly dancing Miss Starr 32 of Lansdowne started in a fish restaurant here -on day morning By Monday night she claimed to have 58 hours under her belt and was planning to hours straight Miss Starr who normally moves her middle in a Philadelphia claimed she broke the old record of 30 hours 23 minutes early Monday morning But the 1976 Guinness Book of World Records gives the old mark to Darlene Gyrene Freedman of San Jose Calif who sixty hours in 1975 Mayor Joseph Lazarow celebrated the new re- cord Monday by presenting Miss Starr with Atlantic City's Belly Button string of sea shells Due to her fine navel maneuvers she's receiving this award for helping undulate Atlantic City as the ment capital of the a nervous Lazarow said as his wife stood by Miss Starr reported that she was feeling sick but funny after almost 50 hours of constant gyration On the advice of her doctor she said she's drinking Gatorade and answering calls of nature by wearing Pampers It's cold outside and getting worse The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures tonight will dip below the 15 with a chill factor making it feel degrees Temperatures today were ex- to climb into the low to mid 20s but westerly winds 20 to 30 miles per hour kept pedestrians shivering as if it degrees Cold weather is expected to continue through Saturday with lows ranging between 5 and 15 and highs in the mid 20s to around 30 Wants nickel boost Port authority to take its toll The Delaware River Port Authority said Monday that a federal court appeal is being prepared in an attempt to raise authority bridge tolls five cents to the former 60 cent level and help cut a projected deficit this year The authority plans to dip into financial reserves and cut tenance programs to also reduce the deficit The authority agreed to spend million re- serves and eliminate in maintenance costs to pare the deficit In December 1975 the authority was forced by Federal Highway Administrator Norbert Tiemann to roll back tolls to 55 Girl's trial is continued MEDIA COURTHOUSE A trial was continued until March 17 for a Chester girl who is facing manslaughter and arson charges in connection with an August fire in which two young brothers were killed Trina of the 1100 block Spruce Street Chester was ar- Monday before Delaware County Judge Howard F Reed Jr on charges including in- voluntary and voluntary manslaughter burglary arson criminal mischief and recklessly endangering another person Asst Disl Atty David Breen and Defense Attorney Donald E Schlater agreed to the nuance of the trial pending a report from Norristown State Hospital on the girl's mental condition Miss is one of two suspects charged in connection with a a Aug 29 blaze at a house at 1138 Spruce St in which Brian Harvey 13 and his brother De- rick 6 died cents on all its bridges including the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester An authority spokesman said the lower tolls in 1977 would cause the authority to lose an estimated million in possible revenue thus the request to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse decision The nickel increase would cut the projected deficit to about A request for an expedited hearing on the appeal also will be filed a official said Of the authority's four bridges only the Benjamin Franklin and the Walt Whitman make money The Barry Bridge breaks even while the Betsy Ross Bridge which opened seven months ago is expected to lose million If the court agrees to hear the appeal a hearing could be scheduled by the end of the month Regardless the spokesman said the matter probably will be decided by April Daily index all pointed to the increases in 1 traffic along school routes as a 1 reason to continue busing in the areas to be ember 1976 the board asked walking routes in the district On Dec 7 and 8 a supervisor examined the areas Secane Stonehurst Hills School church lane in hazardous for walking from Fernwood section of Upper Darby Primost School North and South Avenues and Hilldale Road and at St Philomena's Road through Yeadon from Penn Pines March of Dimes mails appeals leaders assess mass layoffs by area industries Page 3 can avoid crippling through early diagnosis and drugs Page 6 Nether Providence's Ken Jaffe is a small forward who could rise to great heights Page 11 March of Dimes appeals for contributions have been mailed to about Delaware County residents to supplement the an- Mothers March against birth defects The marchers will be collecting from their friends and neighbors from now through Jan 18 cording to Charles C Keeler of Birmingham the chairman 9
