Daily Times (Newspaper) - June 21, 1977, Primos, Pennsylvania HOME DELIVERY 90 CENTS FIFTEEN CENTS capsule First day of summer Seasonably warm and sunny weather today on this first day of summer Highs in the low 80s Low tonight in the mid 50s Details on Page 2 Hearings continued CHESTER Preliminary hearings for eight persons arrested June 8 and 9 in the central business district on charges of prostitution and solicitation were continued to Wednesday The arrests of reputed prostitutes and female im- were a result of a coordinated crackdown by members of the city police special squad county Criminal Investigation Division and state police from the Belmont Barracks in Philadelphia meeting MEDIA The eighth public meeting on the Water Quality Planning Program will be held by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Com- mission at p.m day in the Toal Building 2nd and Orange Sts Pollution problems and their solutions will be di- at the session Traffic halted RADNOR Traffic was halted on Route 320 from until 2 p.m Monday when a tree limb fell on a power line near Road The mishap knocked out traffic signals in the area Firemen checking RADNOR Fire de- and township of- are still investigating the source of a petroleum substance which they say has produced a hazardous situation on Lancaster Ave From to noon Monday firemen worked to relieve an explosive ture in manholes at 108 N Aberdine Ave The manhole covers were removed to release the dangerous vapors On June 11 when a gasoline mixture was di- in a conduit at Lancaster and Aberdine Aves where Philadelphia Electric Co lines are The system was flooded with water chemicals were added to neutralize the substance and the electric lines were A township official said they are still investigating the source of the petroleum substance Daily index death sparks protest at Sun Shio Poles left stranded You can add to your collection of unusual results from paving projects these poles left standing in the street after work on 4th St in Trainer Curbing put in behind the poles left them stranded in a sea of asphalt V By JOHN ROMAN Daily Times Staff Writer CHESTER A lunchtime rally was conducted Monday by members of the Organizing Committee to Build a National Workers Organization outside Sun Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co to protest a fatal accident involving Janet Sloan 22 of Ardmore a welder Members of the organizing committee demanded a full-scale investigation into Thursday's in- and the firing of the foreman who was responsible for assigning her to that day's job A few hundred shipyard workers milled about or sat out- side the company's main gates during their lunch break as the rally members issued their de- mands through loudspeakers atop a car Several times rally members requested either members or of- of Boilermakers Shipbuilders Local 802 AFL-CIO to address the lunching workers but no o ne stepped up BLACK armbands or were passed out by the organizing committee some of which were lettered Indict Sun Ship for Murder I think this is an issue that affects all of said Charles Richardson 24 of South Philadelphia a shipfitter who said he was a member of the organizing committee All of us are unsafe Richardson a worker told the workers that Janet was working alone at the time of the incident which Sun Shipbuilding said happened when she fell about 40 feet into the hold of the tanker on which she was working about p.m Thurs- day Richardson said that Ms Sloan was told to work a job at high elevation although she had made it clear to supervisors she was afraid to do so WE'RE ALL angry about Richardson said But he said they were also angry about what he said were unsafe working conditions at the shipyard It could be any one of he i can't wait fo vehicle beware of the pack rat syndrome Pages Park's Ron Ersek provides some helpful golf tips Page 13 Amuse 12 Editorials 6 Bridge 22 Horoscope 23 Classified Outlook Comics Sports Crossword 23 Stocks 10 Deaths 4 TV 22 get fired up for By MARTIN HALSTUK Staff Writer MEDIA In the face of a deadlock in contract negotiations members of Teamsters Local 77 at the county's three incinerators voted Monday night to strike if an agreement with the county is not reached by June 30 when the present contract expires The membership vote taken at the Holiday Inn on Baltimore Pike was 83 to 3 to strike One member abstained Betty Corrigan shop steward at the Marple incinerator and union spokesperson said the last negotiating session broke off Thursday night after a deadlock was reached concerning job security for the 24 employes at the Marple plant Earlier this year county council contracted SCA Man arrested in CB dispute COLLINGDALE Frank 709 MacDade Blvd was arrested Monday and charged with assault and battery in connection with an incident at 3 Saturday Police Chief Elmer Andress said a complaint was filed with District Justice William Dittert of Sharon Hill by James Dyer of Sharon Hill who was allegedly involved in a fight with on MacDade Blvd Police said the two men were talking on their CB radios when allegedly used profane language Dyer became angry and requ ested a meeting with They met and Dyer allegedly punched who then attacked Dyer with a soda bottle told police he was defending himself Dyer was taken to Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital Darby and later to Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia where he was treated for injuries to the face Andress who was home sick at the time of the Incident said he is investigating a complaint by Mrs Dyer that police were rude and failed to respond to her request for aid at the time of the incident but feels that his department did nothing wrong Police said is being held on ball awaiting a hearing crews strike Services a refuse disposal firm with quarters in Boston Mass to convert the incinerator into a landfill transfer station AS A RESULT employes face layoffs The union has sought a promise from the county to keep the employes at the plant after the conversion or find them jobs elsewhere with the county The county negotiators don't even want to talk about it The county doesn't seem concerned with its present Mrs Corrigan said today Mrs Corrigan said the union's position is the county violated its contract with the Teamsters by contracting SCA to take over operations at the Marple plant using SCA personnel Victor D county executive director disputed See COUNTY Page 3 Hey Mr How about this for solving the energy going for a ride and Preston Gobes 9 and problem? This cart results in Michael Yates 9 who supplying the go no pollution and gets about four miles to power The boys were spotted by Staff the gallon of milk that is Details on its Photographer Bert Hodge on Tribbet Ave construction can be obtained from Mark in Darby Twp Yates 8 and Mark Grobes 7 who are person to get killed like Janet Richardson said proper safety precautions weren't taken for Ms Sloan's work He said there was no planking across the big holes in the floors between the levels She was working between the inner and the outer shell of the tanker at the time of the dent Richardson said If there were protection or planking across these holes she wouldn't have fallen or at most only a few feet he said He said the company had tried to eliminate signalmen for folding and a walkout resulted recently that unsafe tion WE HAVE to fight for the right to refuse a job that we feel is Richardson said What good is having union shop stewards in the yard if they can't protect our he asked Josephine Hood of 927 W 7th a member of the organizing committee said workers refuse everytime they are asked to work without staging buddies Our lives are more important than their ability to make fits She demanded a real in- into Thursday's in- not just a whitewash Daniel Fetonte of South Philadelphia a spokesman for the organizing committee said nobody can tell you you're fired because you're wearing armbands Another speaker was Rick Brotman 25 of South Philadelphia a member of UAW Local 1350 Shipyard workers reaction to the rally was mixed I THINK they're said Dan Driscoll 41 of Marshalton Del a machinist for nine months at Sun Shipbuilding He formerly worked at Phoenix Steel Co You get very little backing from the union he said This here death they just consider an accident A Folsom Ridley Township man who has been a welder 30 years was of a different opinion The union's doing something about said the man who withheld his name It's just an accident that occurred Not much you can do about it I feel sorry for the girl's family They definitely got a said welder John Crutchfield 27 about the rally But it's just that nothing will be done He said it wasn't publicized enough when workers are killed or hurt on the job A RETIRED shipyard worker a county resident said one blem is they don't in a supervisor from the ranks They tell you how much they value life but they don't back it up Fetonte said the company was also making an issue of whether Ms Sloan died at the job site or on the way to the hospital since it involved quite a difference in insurance An office secretary for Boilermakers Shipbuilders Local 802 said president Ernie Wilson and business agent Walt Strohl had no comments A spokesman for Sun building said that details of the accident are still under in- and have been sub- mitted to Occupational Safety and Health Act officials
