Daily Times (Newspaper) - July 13, 1977, Primos, Pennsylvania elaware VERY 90 CENT County Edition Wednesday July IN DARBY K In tap's u le Hot humid and Sunny hot and humid today with a chance of brief thundershowers this afternoon High today near 90 Fair and cooler tonight with lows in the mid to upper 60s Details on page 2 Right number The correct telephone number for information about the free camping program at Camp Sunshine for through 11 is One figure was dropped from the number in an article Tuesday Cot coll for help THORNBURY Beverly Martin of Glen Mills Road is making a cat call for help Two days ago Ms Martin's cat disappeared leaving six tens Although the kittens can walk they are still unable to feed themselves and Ms Martin has been nursing them with an eyedropper However this substitute mother works a full day and knows kittens should be fed every few hours Ms Martin has re- quested that anyone willing to take a kitten and feed it call her at Raise in pay WASHINGTON A key member of Congress is predicting quick action on a proposal to raise the minimum 35 cents following a compromise on the issue between President Carter and organized labor The House Education and Labor Committee will con- sider the proposal early next week Rep Carl Perkins said day after meeting with Labor Secretary Ray Marshall Perkins committee chairman said he expects final congressional action before the August recess Pact ratified PHILADELPHIA AP Striking Temple University Hospital workers have ratified a new two-year contract and are expected back on the job today after a week-long strike Members of District of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employes overwhelmingly ratified the new pact in voting on Tuesday a union spokesman said About of the estimated eligible voters turned out for the contract vote the spokesman said and approved the pact by a margin of better than The new contract calls for a 12 per cent wage boost over two years arid an in- crease from 8.5 per cent to 10 per cent in Temple's contributions to the union's pension fund the spokesman said Daily Times council urges to get flood insurance Page 9 High School graduate Laura Frieze is a ing Softball player Page 21 Amuse 27 Horoscope 39 Bridge 39 Outlook 12 Classified Sports Comics Stocks 28 Crossword 39 TV 38 Deaths 4 Weather 2 Editorials OFFICE I Black Muslims Nazi convicts in fatal fight Keep vandals out Office door at Tomaino Building Units Oak Lane and the Pennsylvania Railroad Upper Darby has had extra protective devices installed because of vandalism Story other photos on Page 3 SAN QUENTIN Calif AP Black Muslim and Nazi inmates tled with clubs and knives in racial clashes that killed three convicts and injured five in an honor block at San Quentin prison authorities said The lid's flying Mike ford acting prison information of- ficer said after the conflict Tuesday The hospital looks like a battleground was blood and people everywhere It's an incredible mess Prisoners are being kept in their cells in a that officials say will probably last a week Luxford said there have been three major racial fights in the last 10 years at the prison BUT WHEN three people are killed it's a pretty large-scale dent Anytime somebody loses their life over the color of their skin nobody he said The climate here is all tension and fear Inmates attacked each other along corridors in the north and west wings with makeshift knives arid clubs before guards firing rifle shots quelled the disturbances THE DEATHS and injuries came in two separate attacks by members of the American National Socialists on members of a Black Muslim prison sect officials said The fights took place in the west wing honor which houses 364 men as prisoners lounged outside their cells after meals of- The first fight two white inmates attacking a black prisoner was broken up in the morning when guards spotted them and fired a warning shot Prisoners were ordered into cells but Charles Jack Captain 31 a black inmate from San Francisco was stabbed in a stairwell Captain serving a two-year to-life sentence for assault with a deadly weapon died a few hours later of wounds in the back and side SOME nine hours later about p.m members of the Nazi group made a move against the Black Muslims who were superior in arm's and numbers Violence Luxford said A white inmate was hurled to his death from a prison tier and a second was stabbed to death Neither was immediately identified Two whites and three blacks were injured three of them One injured as Louis 24 of San suffered superficial stab wounds Luxford said THE PRISON by San Francisco Bay holds inmates about 33 percent black and 41 percent white Luxford said Prison officials said there other fatal stabbings at San Quentin this year Teamsters want to go to the table too County wants talks in trash strike MEDIA COURTHOUSE Following a two-hour session Tuesday with county negotiator Tom Lane county council agreed to ask state mediator Robert Houck to resume talks with Teamsters Local More than 100 members of the local have been on strike since July shutting down operations at the county's incinerators The two sides have not met since the strike began the day the union's three-year contract expired I can't reveal any the specifics of but the county is very anxious for talks to Victor county executive director said following i Kenneth Hall attorney for the Teamsters local said Tuesday that Houck had contacted the union but that nothing had been setup That's great Betty Corrigan shop steward and Local 77 spokeswoman said when she heard of council's action Fd go to the table this very she said The people feel that way too HOUCK could not be reached for comment but he has said that the two sides were too far apart to merit talks The county's re- quest for negotiations could therefore represent movement did say that the county considers the job security issue and economics key factors in the dispute The county has promised the 24 Marple incinerator workers new jobs when the ope ration is changed to a landfill transfer station later this year The union however is con- cerned about workers at the Chester Township plant where the incinerator operation will be phased out next year and at the Folcroft plant now idled as a result of a fire in May which is to be converted to a recycling center The county's offer to transfer workers to the county prison or to Fair Acres the county home for the aged irks the union because it bypasses the courthouse where there are no Teamsters bers WE PROMISED them job security they have to give us some said in response to the union com- plaint Nearly as important to the workers as job security is their claim that the county did not consult them before contracting with SCA Services of Boston to operate the transfer station at Marple An unfair labor practice suit has been filed with the state Labor Relations Board by the union according to Hall The essence of the matter is the county's refusal to bargain over this change They have unilaterally contracted out work that belongs to the bargaining he said County council Chairman Faith Ryan Whittlesey has denied that the union was not informed and said the county has not been informed of the THE STATUS of the case is unclear at present A spokesman for the labor relations board said it had been filed but was re- turned because the wrong form was used Hall however said the suit CID to probe Upland brawl A i A Police brutality charges have been filed against a borough police officer in tion with a July 4 incident where police were involved in a brawl following a disturbance at a beer party Kevin Weber 3739 6th St Up- land of the men arrested in connection with the disturbance filed charges with District Justice of the Joseph Gessler Media against Patrolman Richard McClintock Gessler said the charges must first be investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division These investigations are usually handled by assistant Di- strict Michael Duncan If CID approves the charges Weber will have to sign a com- plaint and a hearing will be set within three to 10 days Gessler said he all police brutality charges county I GET SO many it's getting to be a normal he said I've already had three this week including one in Yeadon He said it can take from three days to three weeks for CID to investigate the brutality charges Weber's charges stem from a July 4 incident when borough police answered a call concerning a beer party in a field at 8th and Church St Two police officers were injured and five people were arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrest There are two conflicting versions of what happened beer Police said they received a call from neighbors complaining of underage drinking and obscene language Sgt Edward Vandergrift went to the scene where patrolman McClintock was in- in a dispute with the people iV Additional police from Chester Township Parkside and Brookhaven also arrived on the scene FOLLOWING THE arrests Mrs Cynthia Hance wife of De- Hance claimed her husband had been beaten by the police and said she planned to file brutality charges against the police Mrs Hance told the Daily Times on July 6 that McClintock knocked Weber down and beat him in the face with a flashlight She said Kerrigan tried to in- and McClintock beat Kerrigan with the flashlight and later threw him down the stairs injuring his leg She also said her husband was beaten into unconsciousness by police Mrs Hance was not available for comment today and Gessler said has not filed charges with him yet However Mrs Weber said her lawyer Robert Pappano of Chester has filed charges on Kevin's behalf Following the July 4 arrests there were a number of incidents of vandalism directed against the police department individual of- and Justice Miller dows were smashed at Miller's office in a police vehicle at the station and in wife's car at their home after arrests were made Police have made no arrests in connections with these incidents SGT VANDERGRIFT said there is no justification for a brutality charge connected with this dent From what I saw I don't know how they can honestly say there was police he said you turn around is getting sued originally filed in filed correctly July l Of course the suit would the boards if the county would sit down and bargain Mrs Corrigan said The split on wages and benefits will have to be ironed out along with job security to county figures the union demand would cost -an additional The county's proposal would boost wages benefits The workers who now an hour want a an raise over three years They being offered 81 cents The workers also want medical coverage for their families sore spot for the county because it carries a price tag of Workers now are covered individuals but pay the extra themselves for their families Pol ice save man hanging in jail cell CHESTER Quick work by a team of city policemen saved a prisoner from death by hanging Tuesday night at the Chester Police Station Detective Capt Joseph Lastowka said a policeman di- the man and shouted for assistance Two policemen held the victim in their arms to relieve body weight from the improvised noose a sock until he could be cut free Lastowka said the man Otis L Snarr 26 of the 1200 block Ganster Place had been ar- rested a short time earlier complaint by a woman who claimed he had beaten her Linda Kreider 26 who residence with obtained a warrant from District Justice Joseph on a conduct charge k
