Daily Times (Newspaper) - March 29, 1977, Primos, Pennsylvania Rug pulled on Sen Sweeney Page 3 i i Delaware County HOME DELIVERY 90 CENTS Tuesday March FIFTEEN CENTS capsule Slaying trial starts MEDIA COURTHOUSE Jury selection began day in the trial of one of three youths charged in the death of a 25-year-old gas station attendant during a 1975 armed holdup Matthew F Thomas 16 of Clayton is facing charges of criminal homicide robbery and conspiracy in the death of Michael Kissinger of Brookhaven who was gunned down while working at Mobil Station in Parkside Two other defendants are slated to be tried next month in Delaware County Court in connection with Kissinger's death Francis Galati Jr 17 will stand trial April n and Dennis Hoover 17 will be tried April 25 They are also from Clayton Kraft before judge MEDIA COURTHOUSE The trial for Media attorney Charles W Kraft 3rd who is facing charges arising from a Sept 19 shooting was scheduled to begin today before visiting Judge Richard Wickersham of Dauphin County Kraft the son of U.S District Court Court Senior Judge C William Kraft Jr is charged in the wounding of William J Shaffer 3rd at his home at 1015 Edmunds Ave Upper Darby good NEWTOWN While students at the Culbertson School collected more than Campbell soup can labels they weren't trying to make the pages of the Guiness Book of Records The students who col- labels will re- deem their labels for jump ropes a world atlas and other recreational ment Hearing rescheduled MEDIA COURTHOUSE A hearing on Wayne bid for a new trial in the beating of Danny Centrone nearly five years ago in Folcroft will continue Wednesday before President Judge Francis J Catania Judge Catania began hearing ments for a new trial last Frid ay and it was scheduled to continue this Friday Workers return CHESTER Baldt An- chor Co employes returned to work today at the plant at 6th and Butler Streets following a walkout Monday morning They remained off the job throughout the day Daily Times was busting out all over at the annual Riddle Hospital Man 0 War Ball Page 8 Len Morelli key player for Marple Newtown High baseball team Page 13 Amuse 17 Obits Bridge 25 Outlook Classified Sports Comics TV Crossword 25 Weather Editorials 6 Youth Horoscope 25 4 24 2 11 Rail fares going up 20 per cent By BONNIE BALDWIN Dally Times Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA Delaware County rail commuters have until Friday to stock up on tickets at the current fare The SEPTA board Monday unanimously approved a per cent hike in rail fares on all 13 commuter lines including three in the county The increase will be effective Friday but any tickets purchased before then will be accepted for the next 60 days A second resolution adopted Related Page 4 Monday offers hope of more longed relief for ticket hoarders in Delaware County The board called for an ex- amination of fare zones to be completed by July 1 The study will include suggestions on how to alter the zones to make fares more equitable THE REPORT could lead to reduced fares for county riders who now pay more per mile than commuters on any other lines in the system Delaware County SEPTA board members John MacMurray and Edmund Jones drew attention to the fare inequities earlier this month during a public hearing on the increases MacMurray testified that the best way to equalize fares would be to restructure the zone system He admitted a restructuring would take time and mended as an alternative fare hikes ranging from 10 to 30 per cent Hearing examiner Nathan Posner rejected the alternative but recommended that the SEPTA board act on Good times for Rocky n Stallone and his wife the former Jane Sasha Czack of Chester arrive for annual Awards presentations Monday night in Los Angeles Stallone wrote and which was named the best film of the year Stallone and his Sun Co union ok's pact by margin wife were married on Dec 28 1974 She had lived in Chester's Highland Gardens and was a 1965 graduate of Notre Dame High School Upper Providence Her parents still live In the city and her father works at Phoenix Steel Co Claymont Related photos article Page 2 MARCUS HOOL By a vote of 849 to 226 Sun Co production employes Monday ratified a two- year contract ending a strike by Local 8901 of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Union Meanwhile tentative ment was reached Monday by negotiators on for Local 8933 of the OCAW Voting for ratification of the new pact was scheduled to take place between 3 and 7 p.m today at the union hall The union represents about 120 clerical secretarial janitorial and other employes not directly involved in production Autos in crash struck by train UPPER CHICHESTER Two autos collided on the Chessie System railroad tracks at Creek Road at ll p m Monday then were struck by a train before the wreckage could be removed One person was treated for injuries Police said an auto operated by Anthony Jr 24 of 614 Market St Marcus Hook col- with the second auto operated by Gilbert Bryant 26 of 7 Sonia Court Wilmington Del James Poore 20 of 14 W 8th St Marcus Hook was a passenger in the auto Bryant was treated for abrasions from the initial crash Some production employes were to return to their jobs this afternoon The remainder of the work force is expected to return to the refinery operations Arnold Price president of Local 8901 declined to comment upon terms of the agreement However it was learned that a schedule was jointly worked out to replace the stable crew con- cept reportedly provides the employes better average breaks in the work week and a long break every fourth week They have a chance to work an op- tional shift every fourth week which can increase their annual income by about The vacation plan was liberalized to allow an employe under the daily vacation plan to take a week and a day and receive 12 consecutive days off The contract date for expiration remains the same and the pension plan formula remains unchanged However under the new pay increase schedule by the time the new pact expires pensions will be increased 20 per cent Pensions are based on a formula of average of last three years of salary age and the number of years with the com- pany A hearing on the company's request for a permanent tion regarding the strike situation scheduled in Delaware County Court today was cancelled Springfield man held for court THORNBURY A Delaware County Prison aide charged with theft in connection with the sale of several pieces of farm machinery to a Chester County farmer was ordered held for court during a preliminary hearing Monday before District Justice Clarence B Jr David L Wagner 30 of the 600 block Leamy Avenue Springfield remains free on his own re- cognizance pending his in Delaware County Court Wagner was the associate director of auxiliary services He is accused of selling machinery including two tractors a manure spreader loader baler elevator and hay rake valued in excess of to John Walls 26 of Chadds Ford The machinery was discovered missing by prison officials who in turn alerted the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division freed SCRANTON Pa AP Jay Werner is free today after ing four months in federal prison for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating he 1974 harboring of Patricia Hearst in Pennsylvania ray's suggestion to restructure the zone system THE NEW fare hike is expected to raise an additional million needed to compensate for a re- duction in federal subsidies to Conrail the federally created business that operates the lines for SEPTA Last year the federal ment paid for all of Conrail's losses after local subsidies and ticket sales That subsidy dropped 10 per cent March 27 It will be eliminated entirely bv September 1978 The following are examples of increases on new one-way tickets to center city during peak Lansdowne up 15 cents to 90 cents Clifton up 15 cents to Swarthmore up 20 cents to Media up 20 cents to Chester up 20 cents to Bryn Mawr up 20 cents to Haverford up 15 cents to Fares on the Delaware section of the Wilmington line were in- creased 30 per cent Increases there for one-way peak hour fares are as Claymont up 40 cents to Wilmington up 55 cents to Newark up 70 cents to Shapp tries again for judgeship HARRISBURG Another at- tempt is being made to fill a vacant Delaware County judgeship by gubernatorial pointment Although the attempt will be made through the merit selection process county Democrats already have a particular in mind veteran Chester lawyer Arnold M Snyder To be filled is a seat left vacant for nearly two years by the death of Judge Donald J Orlowsky in April four Democrat Mrs Esther Clark failed to win Senate confirmation to fill the vacancy Mrs Clark was one of three names submitted in September 1975 by the Area II Trial Court Nominating Committee headed by Atty F B Hennessey of Lansdowne ALONG with Mrs Clark the other two names submitted in 1975 are out of the running for the post Republican Joseph T Labrum Jr has one election to a different county judgeship and Democrat C Norwood Wherry is no longer interested So Monday Lawrence J Beaser counsel to Gov Milton J Shapp wrote to Hennessey asking for three more names for the Orlowsky vacancy Earlier Cherpack county Democratic chairman said she had Snyder in mind when she checked to see if the office was still interested in filling the vacancy since any new appointee will serve only until the end of the year Candidates have already been nominated to run in the ember election to fill the six years remaining in the late Judge 10 year term after this year MRS CHERPACK said both she and State Sen John James Sweeney District of Upper Darby had recommended Snyder to the governor's office as a possible appointee to the vacancy She said Snyder was ideal for the appointment because he is highly qualified and at age 75 is too old to run and therefore would be no threat to the Re- publicans as a possible judicial candidate in a future election Mrs Cherpack said querying the governor's office on Snyder was not intended to by-pass the merit selection process but was only an extra added step She said Snyder would have to go through the merit selection process and said the commission would probably invite other Cherpack said it was unlikely many other lawyers would be of damage that would to their practices while serving on the bench for only eight months or so DON PAULE tant for appointments would not discuss Mrs sub- mission of Snyder's name He said it is the policy of the governor's office not to reveal any names submitted until they are appointed or nominated Michael McLaughlin press secretary said submission of a name for a judicial vacancy in any way other than through the nominating commission is ir- revelant The only way any one will be appointed is through merit he said Mrs Cherpack said the move to fill the short vacancy because courts and we need another judge Somebody com- petent should be there Paule said Shapp feels the vacancy should be filled to meet the needs of the people of De- laware County State Sen Clarence D Bell 9th District of Upland who kept Mrs Clark out of the seat by repeatedly blocking Senate con- said he would not oppose Snyder He's a very qualified Bell said I would vote for him and a number of other Democrats Homicide arrests are made CHESTER A man was ar- rested Monday afternoon in con- with the fatal stabbing Sunday of another man at a city bar 50 customers at the bar declined to give police tion and a to the mysterious shooting of a city woman March 11 was arraigned on a murder charge George Queen 21 of the 500 block Parker St was arrested Monday in connection with the stabbing of John L McDaniel 30 of 722 Parker St which occurred at Bar 3rd and Sts police said An investigation was conducted by Del Sgt Commodore Harris and Del Richard Jones into the stabbing which police believe was the result of an argument over whose turn it was at a pool table QUEEN accompanied by his attorney turned himself in to Harris and Jones at the police station He was to be arraigned today on murder charges In the other case Detectives John Tyler and Sam Truell investigating the fatal shooting of Mildred Frisby 48 of 1823 W 3rd St secured murder charge warrants for James 49 of the 1100 block Central Ave Thomas had been held in lieu of bail at Delaware County Prison as a material witness He was arraigned on a murder charge and will have a pre- liminary hearing April 7 Thomas bail was continued at and he was returned to the prison v
