Delaware County Daily Times (Newspaper) - June 10, 1961, Chester, Pennsylvania HUMID Mostly cloudy warm and humid with possibility of showers and thunderstorms tonight and day Low tonight 65 High day 80 at 4 p.m Details on Page 4 Autoist Is Killed By Wire Car Rams Pole In Rainstorm A Phila delphia driver apparently made wrong turn because of a delou and wound up at a dead street here early today minutes he was apparently electrocuted when h walked blindly into a wire which snapped off after hi car hit an pole It was raining at tb time The victim was identified a George A Hunter 43 of 141 Montrose St by Capt James A Crawford of Ridley Township po lice Police theorized Hunter go mixed up and made a wrong turn because of he detour from Pail view Road which is being re paired by the Pennsylvania De- of Highways His car backed into a pole be 1571 and 1573 Park Lane Road near the intersection o Black Rock Road A short block away Park Lane Hoad runs into a dead end Police believe Hunter who was alone in a 1960 coupe had driven down to the dead end had backet up hit the pole and gotten ou of his car Both doors of the ve hide were shut when police ar- rived Neighbors said the wire current for street lights were knocked out when the wire snapped Hunter apparently was walking in the dark when his feet became tangled in the wire Aroused by the impact neigh bors rushed outside then called police Philadelphia Electric Co work ers removed the wires from the victim's feet An unidentified PE worker administered artificial res Members of the Milmont Fire Co ambulance crew and field police tried to revive Hunter with resuscitators for 25 minutes Called by police Dr William Y Rial of Swarthmore also ed to save Hunter Dr Rial said he believes Hunter was dead by the time he arrived Dr Rial pronounced him dead at His body was turned over to Deputy Coroner James Hunt ol Darby Mr and Mrs Irvin Stein of 1571 Park Lane Road were wakened by shouts from their neighbors Mr Stein called police Next door at 1573 Park Lane Road Mr and Mrs Lawrence M Trout also were wakened She called police Ridley Township Sgt George McNulty and Patrolmen Elmer Yopp and John Wittig arrived to investigate Police from ing communities also converged on the scene Hunter is believed to have been an employe of the Philadelphia Gas Works An is scheduled to be performed today by Dr McKnight physician Delaware County FINAL The racially troubled South to lay faced new tests of traditional laws in the courts and he schools and at facilities for travelers There were warnings of more Freedom Riders planning to cad for Jackson Miss and of possible stepped up hunger trike among white persons held i city jail there on breach of ic peace charges A number of Negro track stars of senior Roman world record holders Catholic bishop of Germany died John Thomas and Ralph early today two days after his withdrew from a track meet birthday ay night at Houston Tex in Archbishop Dies REGENSBURG Germany AP Michael CHESTER PA SATURDAY JUNE 10 1961 fc Marianne Brodeur 9 of 1563 Park Lane Road Ridley Township surveys what remains of a fatal accident on her street early this morning George A Hunter 43 of 1418 Montrose St Philadelphia was electrocuted when he walked into a power line which had fallen when his car hit this pole The home at left is 1573 Park Lane Road that at the right is 1571 South Faces New Segregation Tests By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS protest of what they called PRECEDENT U.S COURT Unborn Child's Death Spa irks Damage Suit PHILADELPHIA in stale legal annals suit was filed here Friday by a lyn father seeking damages for the death of his unborn son The son and his mother died er an auto accident near dale Cumberland County last July 24 The damage suit was brought by Louis of 212 Bullens Lane It was filed in U.S District Court A ruling by Judge E Roden of Delaware County ans Court paved the way for the suit In May Judge vanRoden issued letters of administration for the unborn child giving it legal status permitted a suit to be ered in the child's death The court will decide whether any damages can be recovered The unborn boy was called eph in suit Previously a suit had been filed in U.S District Court in the death of wife Frances and his daughters Barbara 8 and Carol Ann 10 The girls were hurl in the crash It is the first lime in this stale that a damage suit has been filed for the death of an unborn child The infant was a seven months fetus at time of the dent Named as defendant in both suits is Peter 38 of 403 Pembroke Ave East a Drexel Hilt contractor The were passengers in a station wagon driven by Vitale which was involved in a collision with a car driven by Glenn E Martin of Mercersburg It is understood Martin was not named in the suits here because he lives in another federal court district Technically the suit on the child was filed by 1 Lawrence Filay- son of Merchantville of the boy's estate in behalf of D'Antonio regaled seating of spectators Earlier in the day the Association for the of Colored People entered the Freedom Ride movement at Jack son by asking Federal Court to protect the riders from police interference A petition filed by Mrs Con- stance Baker Motley and chief NAACP attorney Thurgood shall of New York and R Jess Brown of Jackson and Vicksburg Miss asked that a federal court consider the request for protection against arrest of riders The move come after the ar- rest of 98 Freedom Riders in Jackson and aligned the NAACP openly with the Congress of Ra cial Equality in its test of segre gation laws At St Louis Chester R Old ham national chairman of CORE said group plans to send 15 20 more riders from St Louis to the Mississippi slate capital in about 10 days Starting Monday the Daily Times will present local writers such topics as art music dance theater senior citizens education outdoor living and suburban life all with a local flavor The feature will be known as DELCO ROUNDTABLE marked by the symbol above Don't miss DELCO ROUNDTABLE for you'll find something each day except Saturday thai is informative and lating DELCO ROUNDTABLE may be found on the editorial page Don't miss Seven Cents Tractor Deal Nears Castro to See U.S Team HAVANA AP Fidel Castro said early today he will receive a bargaining team from the United States to work out de- tails of swapping captive Cuban rebels for 500 tractors But the bearded prime minister raised anew his alternate al to trade the rebels captured in the abortive April invasion for political prisoners held by the United States Puerto Rico aragua and Guatemala Castro notified the U S Committee that he would receive its technicians provided they have full power to negotiate the deal as spelled out by the Cuban prisoners mission sent to the United Slates to broach his offer The freedom committee an- in Detroit its bargaining team will fly to Havana In his note to the freedom group Castro said he would have pre- ferred leading members of the committee itself Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower come to Havana but that is not indispensable He insisted however that the bargaining mission must have powers to discuss the quality and amount of indemnification Cuba is See CASTRO Page 4 Kennedy Improves PALM BEACH Fla AP President Kennedy's doctor ex- pressed confidence that his ailing back is getting well But Dr Janet kept a sharp vigil over her famous tient to see that he obeyed orders She again directed that he get lot of rest swim in a heated and use crutches while ng about the seaside villa where he is staying Assistant White House press secretary Andrew T Hatcher said t still is too early to say whether vennedy will be on crutches when leaves late Sunday for Dr Travell is confident that he President's condition is im- Hatcher told newsmen He is experiencing less fort Get well telegrams poured in One came from Prime Minister Fohn G Diefenbaker of Canada said he was dis- to hear the news of back injury He said he vas more concerned that ly should have sustained it ng ceremonial tree planting in Ottawa May 16 CLOCK STOPPER Tornado like winds demolished this home Friday night near Glen Burnie about eight miles south of Baltimore The clock above the refrigerator is stopped at p.m Mrs Edwin 24 and her son were in a bedroom at the back of the house when the storm struck The mother was released after- treatment at a hospital for cuts The baby suffered bruises Sapling in front of house stands erect AP Wirephoto Break Is Seen Soon at Geneva GENEVA A possible break in the deadlocked tional conference on Laos in the making least in the talking stage U S Ambassador W Averell Harriman Friday delivered to viet Minister Andrei A Gromyko a note President personally approved Then Harriman spent an hour backin it up American sources said ko responded to the extent of ex- pressing eagerness for going on with the talks but he of- nothing specific in the way jof compromise British Foreign Secretary Lord Home planned to fly here from London Sunday to see Gromyko Violations of the cease-fire in Laos by the els caused the Western powers to call an indefinite postponement of the conference last Thursday The decision followed the rebels capture of a mountain village 20 miles south of rebel headquarters at American sources understood that Soviet Premier Nikita instructed Gromyko to in- a desire for resumption of the Geneva conference as a re- sult of his talks with President Kennedy Khrushchev and Kennedy were agreed on the importance of a cease-fire when they met last weekend in Vienna though some observers doubted that the words in their joint communique held the same meaning for each Gromyko told Harriman Friday that U S parachute supply drops to defenders had the attack by the rebels The Soviet foreign minister gested that an effective cease-fire would be simple to get if ington and Moscow merely told both sides in Laos to behave themselves Eden Proposes Political Staff WETHERBY England AP Anthony Eden proposed today that the Western nations set up a political general staff to deal with Communist sure around the world Calling for greater unity in the West the former British prime minister suggested that political representatives of four to six nations meet either in Paris Or Washington Such a staff or its equivalent Eden said will have to come some day The sooner the better our chances of he ed Then perhaps the West will cease reacting to events and start to shape them Gas War Shapes Up In County A gasoline price ists dream and a dealers in the making day for Delaware County in the wake of decisions Friday by four major oil companies to abandon fair trade prices for their line in Pennsylvania American Oil Co was the first to announce the discontinuance and Sun Oil Co Mobil Oil and Humble Oil and Refining Co fol lowed suit Friday afternoon Gulf Atlantic and Texaco are continuing to operate under trade but each said their position could change at any time The move came following May 22 court ruling that Esso dealers were not bound to sell gasoline at so-called fair trade prices under the Pennsylvania Fair Trade Act The ruling could bring about the longest and most financially disastrous gas wars in the ty's history according to several dealers contacted today by the Daily Times A spot check showed gasoline prices had dropped as much as two cents on regular to 28.9 in the area Two dealers in the area informed the Daily Times they planned to follow suit day possibly going lower than 28.9 figure in order to draw business FIRST TIME IN 300 YEARS Flies Swedish Flag HISTORIC The flag of Sweden returned to the home of the Swedes of the New World as Cmdr Nils Naval attache of the Royal Embassy of den presents his nation's colors to Star Scout Joseph Zimmerman 14 of 547 Jansen Ave Moments later Zimmerman raised the flag as taries looked on ESSINGTON glory of yellow and gold flag in a strong breeze beside Old Glory in today It was the first time in more than 300 years that Swedish flag had been raised in of the site of New Sweden when this country was bora The Swedish flag was raised at 11 by Star Scout Joseph Zimmerman 14 of 547 Jansen Ave a member of Troop 1 of sington The flag was presented minutes earlier by Cmdr Nils Naval attache of the Royal Em- bassy of from Gov of Province of Jonkoping the home of the founder of New Sweden The commander extended ings from the governor of koping to Gov Lawrence and the people of and Delaware County Also participating in the raising were commander and Robert W Millard president of the commissioners The response for the wealth was made by Lt Gov John Morgan Davis A few hundred people turned out to Gov Park at 2nd St and Taylor Ave Gov Johan Printz established Fort New in part of the park It was the oldest permanent by Europeans in the stale The first church school and of law in Pennsylvania were established in by the Swedes Storms Rip Into 2 States Heavy Damage Is Reported By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A widespread pattern of ers and thunderstorms lingered over much of the eastern half of the country today following an outbreak of violent weather that dealt death injury and tion late Friday Brief but violent tornadoes hit without warning in eastern tucky and Maryland injuring more than 50 persons and ing property damage in the lions A girl was killed when high winds wrecked a church in Estill County Ky and a boy was found dead under a tree on a Washington playground er a heavy thunderstorm Hardest hit in eastern Kentucky was Ravenna a community of about where a twister swirled through the business district in- juring some 50 persons including about 20 children attending a church Bible class when the building collapsed Most of the injured were ed in fair condition Another tornado slammed into a housing development near timore flattening eight homes and damaging 36 others Numerous persons were injured but only six required hospital treatment In both instances the violent weather gave way to bright shine only minutes after the tornadoes struck The storm pattern spawned a number of other twisters out the area but most of them remained aloft Most of the western half of the country continued to enjoy ny mild weather but more ers and thunderstorms were ex- from the upper Great Lakes to the Northeast southward through the Mississippi Valley and from the western Gulf Coast eastward to the Atlantic Temperatures over most of the country showed little change from Friday but warmer weather was expected along the Pacific Coast in the lower Ohio Valley and tions of northern New England Rain Lurks In Area A frontal system which dropped 5 of an inch rain on Delaware County late Friday and early day was expected to stick around long enough this weekend to mess up any beach weather The 24-hour precipitation count brought the county's June total to 4.24 and the year's aggregate to Weather Bureau forecasters said the front which caused and heavy rain in tucky and Maryland stretches rom the New England coast to South Dakota A weak low sure area near Harrisburg caused the rains in the Delaware County area and will keep the days id warm Heavy showers were reported along the frontal line with and light to heavy rams reported in eastern sylvania Forecasters looked for ued warm and humid weather night and Sunday with chance of rain and thunderstorms both days Dr Schweitzer 111 LIBREVILLE Gabon Republic Albert Schweitzer was reported ill today at his jungle outpost of The Nobel Peace Prize winner 86 years old Senator Snooper About the only people who approach a school zone slowly are he students Amusement Bridge Churches Classified Ads Comics Community Clock Crossword Puzzle Notices Editorials Family Section Horoscope Junior Editors Obituaries 15 20 TO 11 20 21 5 20 16 6 S 21 20 4 Also see Death Notices Snorts Television 12 TIMES Want Ads TR Other Calls TR
