Delaware County Daily Times (Newspaper) - November 2, 1970, Chester, Pennsylvania 48 Delaware County MONDAY NOVEMBER 2 1970 HOME DELIVERY 73 cents PER WEEK FIFTEEN CENTS PMC will change name but retain of cadets RELATIVES PILE PAST COFFINS in Grenoble France to identify victims of dance hall fire AP WIREPHOTO French press inquiry into 143 fire deaths ST LAURENT DU POINT France AP French ties from cabinet rank down pressed an today to why 143 persons died in a weekend dance hall fire in this mountain town 24 miles northwest of Grenoble Firemen pulled 142 corpses from the ruins Ten other sons were injured and one of them died today From accounts of the survivors of the Halloween night it appeared that the young dancers panicked and piled up against the exit doors There were some reports that the four exits from the frame building were locked and even boarded up but others contradicted this A throng of young people mostly 18 to 25 had flocked to the Dance Hall from several villages in the region The hall was hung with plastic decorations giving it the of a cave A called the Storm promised to create a hurricane on the stage About according to Joelle Dondey the cashier some smoke started coming from the ceiling then flames burst out She was dragged out of the hall with her hair burning The place went up like a said one of 30 lage firemen who were soon on the scene When the firemen broke into the building they found burned and twisted bodies piled up five or six feet high near the exits It was a horrible said fireman Georges ies were stuck to the doors and it seemed they were still ing to get out There were ies everywhere unrecognizable broken up Officials including Secretary of State Jacques Baumel heard reports that the blaze was caused either by a short circuit or by a cigarette butt tossed playfully onto someone's coat One survivor Dominique Guette 17 said the exit doors had been padlocked and plants nailed over them to keep out Fireman Rostan said the doors were locked from the inside and the firemen had to break the locks to reach the victims However Raymond Chaniel 25 who had once helped age the dance hall said the metal-covered doors were not locked but were so swollen by the heat they would not open Daniel Bellemin 21 a cook from the hall's restaurant said the doors were simply locked from the inside with a knob could have been opened easily without a key He said a tender and five customers caped through one of the doors Two turnstile entrances to the hall inward as customers Leave policy SAIGON American servicemen in Vietnam will be given two weeks leave to go to the United States during their one-year tour of duty in the country it was learned today The new policy goes into fect Nov 16 and will enable an undetermined number of men to spend Thanksgiving or inas at home presented their tickets but a catch prevented them from turning outward The hall was furnished with leather-covered benches drapes decorations which burned like straw Gilles tier a fire inspector told men that regulations require all such establishments to be rated with material Mayor Pierre Perrin said a construction license had been granted in for the building just outside bis town but that be had not it wild be n dance nail and that He had not given authorization for such an establishment The dance hall opened in April The name of the ment came from a local bar which burned down after a cooking fire last ary It was run by the same men who managed the dance hall were no victims that tune but two of the partners perished in the dance hall The dead in fins in a public hall arid a cial identity service was set up By late Sunday night relatives had identified 78 of the victims sometimes only bent let a necklace or a partly burned shoe Most of the dead were French but bodies of one Dane ore Algerian and two guese were found Some of the victims had names It was the fire iti which 100 or more persons have died in the since the go fire on Oct 8 1871 The toll in Chicago was 250 the next to the north persons died in a forest fire around Peshtigo Wis It was the worst of the 28 fires Inside your Daily Times Would a national health insurance plan be a good Yes the rates cheaper They have Medicare for old people we should have it for said f min Walker of Claymont Other answers to the Soap Box tion on Page 10 Even the cheerleaders used to laugh at Cardinal O'Hara High coach Leo Broadhurst when he at- tended St James High games as a scout Nobody's laughing at Leo now Story and pictures of a re- markable upset Page 21 Amusements Bridge Classified Ads Comics 32 Crossword Puzzle Death Notices Editorials Damp Rainy tonight with temperatures about 53 Mostly cloudy with chance of rain Tuesday high about 63 Details on Page 18 Daily Except Sunday E St Chester Pa 19016 Want Adi TR All TR Heme Deliveries per week CHESTER PMC President Dr Clarence R Moll announced today the colleges decision to retain the corps of cadets but seek a new name for PMC Retention of the cadet corps was made contingent however on its ability to attract new students Moll speaking before a mass assemblage of more than students faculty members and PMC staff members at MacMorland Center plans intensive effort to find a new name for the colleges by the 1971 commencement The announcement of tion of the corps quelled at least temporarily the threat that PMC might eliminate its military arm in favor of a civilian image Both decisions reached by the colleges board of trustees were said to be based on an intensive study conducted by Eastern Management Associates of Philadelphia an independent research organization In its study the firm interviewed 440 persons and tabulated the findings of some questionnaires Included were responses from high school seniors PMC students faculty and staff guidance counselors alumni parents other colleges students and applicants for PMC admission who had been accepted but chose instead to other institutions survey findings covered 150 pages Based on the results the PMC trustees passed the resolutions That the corps of cadets be continued in its present form as a part of the whole institution and that it be identified within the institution as Pennsylvania Military College in similar to the way in which a name school is known within a college or university such as the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania that this relationship continue so long as the corps can be made to attract enrollees the name of PMC Colleges be changed as soon as practicable and that the college be known by a single name in all of its aspects professional educational military and athletic Further that the corps of cadets be known as the Pennsylvania College Corps of Cadets of the newly named college The board of trustees agreed in respect to the latter Moll said that for PMC to move forward in projecting its totality to the public must have a name that does not confuse its public According to Moll the board in studying the academic findings of the survey was impressed by the high marks students gave the faculty and the academic programs at PMC he added the board expressed its desire to have this reputation not only retained but strengthened Along these lines it was felt that the newly completed Lt William J Memorial Library and tile soon-to-be-com- Louis Kapelski Learning Center would to liberal arts the same Mnd of laboratory that the Kirkbride Hall of Science and E n g i n e e r i n g brought to the School of Engineering In commenting urban In Chester the board Moll said stated its belief the college was fortunate to be located in a that characterizes the pulse of America both economically and sociologically The board recommended that the college in the development of programs in all divisions plan for maximum student interaction with these forces in order to take full advantage of this rich resource In his concluding remarks Moll expressed his belief that the conclusions were wise and that they would wear well and on reflection would capture the support of all of PMC PMC had its beginning as a military school in Wilmington Del in 1821 making it the second oldest military school in the nation Col Theodore the school in 1853 He moved it to West Chester in to Upland in 1865 and to its present site in 1867 V the first of three generations of a family which was to govern PMC for nearly a century called his school The Theodore Hyatt Select School for Boys and then The Delaware Military Academy and then the Pennsylvania Military Academy It became Military College on Dec In September 1964 the institution became two Morton College a civilian school and Pennsylvania Military College the military school combined under the name PMC Colleges Moll became president of the college in him the sixth head of the institution After Theodore Hyatt died his son Geri Charles E Hyatt was president years Col Frank K Hyatt son of Charles Hyatt took over in 1930 attorney acting president until Gen E E MacMorland became president in 1953 Closings scheduled Party leaders disagree on vote turnout C7 By JOE SULLIVAN Daily Times Staff Writer Delaware County's Republican and Democratic chairmen were at odds today not only in their predictions on Tuesday's tion in the county but also on the number of voters who will cast ballots Republican chairman Edwin S Hineman predicted a GOP sweep with U.S Sen Hugh Scott leading the way with a vote his cratic opponent while cratic chairman Ernani C Falcone said his party may pull several upsets The two party leaders agreed that the gubernatorial between Lt Gov Raymond Broderick and his Democratic rival Milton J Shapp a Lower Merion industrialist poses considerable uncertainty for prognosticators even though the GOP leads Democrats in voter registrations to 1 While estimating that Scott would clobber Democrat William G Sesler in county balloting for the U.S Senate seat Hineman declined to say by what margin he believes Broderick will defeat Shapp However Hineman said Broderick would win a substantial and predicted all the GOR dates would carry county He acknowledged the election has not generated as much interest as the 1966 contest Hineman revealed the GOP has been plugging for a 65 per cent turnout of the county's registered Republicans and agreed with a prediction by Mrs Mildred E Friedkin tion bureau chief that 70 to 75 per cent of the eligible voters would cast ballots Falcone the 70 to 75 per cent estimate declaring that Republican voter terest and party divisiveness would cut the total vote to 55 to 60 per cent Less than 55 per cent of county voters turned out for the May 19 primary The polls in the 371 precincts in the county's 49 municipalities will be open from 7 to 8 p.m Tuesday Election returns will be posted at the Curran Building courthouse annex in Media as they are phoned in from the precincts Cloudy skies and a 60 per cent chance of rain are expected Tuesday with a high ture of about 63 Several of the county's nine Common Pleas Court judges will be on duty at different periods in the Media courthouse to rule on any alleged election violations Other than this the courthouse will be closed election day Because of a constitutional change the governor and tenant governor will be elected as a unit Broderick's running mate for lieutenant governor is Ralph Scalera former president judge of Beaver County court State Sen Ernest P Kline of Beaver Falls is the Democratic nominee Two congressional seats are up for grabs Hineman predicted the GOP candidates in these races will win but Falcone said their Democratic adversaries have been waging hard campaigns and stand realistic chances of winning In the congressional contest in the 7th District which takes in eastern Delaware County incumbent Republican U.S Rep Lawrence G Williams of Springfield squares off against Joseph R Breslin of Haverford Township John H Ware 3rd of Oxford Chester County is the Sce COUNTY Page 18 CHESTER State county and municipal offices and banks will be closed Tuesday for election day However all federal agencies will remain open While Delaware County offices generally will be closed several of the county's nine Common Pleas Court judges will take turns staffing the courthouse to process any possible election violations The county's election bureau in the Thomas H Curran Building will remain open and will be by representatives of the county solicitor's office Liquor stores and taverns be closed but taverns will reopen after the polls close at 8 p.m Police fire water and emergency medical services will be maintained throughout the county Both the New York and American stock exchanges will be open Governor race reported close Election in brief PHILADELPHIA AP The campaigns for governor and U S Senator wind up today as the candidates make swift swings around the state in the last sweep for voter support in Tuesday's election All are confident But only U S Senator Hugh Scott the Re- publican incumbent seeking an unprecedented third six-year term appears to be a sure ner over state Sen William ler his virtually unknown opponent Scott is probably heading for a landslide triumph that could exceed votes far out- stripping his 1958 edge of 765 and his majority of six years ago when Democratic President Johnson crushed ry The gubernatorial battle mark ed by charges of is something else It's a cliff er going right down the wire with published polls giving a slight edge to Democrat Milton Shapp But a large number who say they're undecided could make the difference Lt Gov Raymond Broderick the Republican candidate had support from ident Nixon Vice President Spiro Agnew and Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower to ignite his He insists he fire in the last two weeks and surged ahead State Chairman Clifford L Jones predicts erick win by votes Discounting that Shapp says he will win by more than the votes he lost by to Re- publican Gov Raymond P fer four years ago Broderick was on that ticket as lieutenant governor Shapp says he will win delphia by Allegheny County by at least and Westmoreland by He also claims strength throughout tern and southwestern vania and hopes to cut deeply into GOP in the tral farm belt and in the sub- urbs around Philadelphia About 70 per cent or less of the registered voters are expected to enter the state's polling places and the possibility of rain is sure to ther dampen disinterest Cloudy skies with a better than 50 per cent chance of rain is predicted across the state Besides the state wide offices voters will choose 27 men 26 state senators and 203 state representatives The old congressional lineup of 14 Democrats and 13 licans is expected to remain un- changed There is one vacancy where a Republican incumbent died but it is expected to stay Republican A Shapp triumph could give Democrats control of both the houses of the General Assembly for the first time in history They now have a 107 to 96 edge in the House while the Republicans control the senate 26 to 24 We're certain he is going to says Tony May his press aide But he will have to win very big to have the senate on his side Republicans say a Broderick victory by votes or more would enable the GOP to ture control of the house Broderick has campaigned hard on the promise he would veto any new tax especially on income He has pledged to keep the state from bankruptcy in tlie face of a million deficit next March by firing sands and cutting services Shapp a phia industrialist who claims a businessman is needed to return Pennsylvania to solvency ports tax reform Religion surfaced on the tion issue with Broderick a objecting to any of the present law now under attack in court Shapp who is Jewish and says he is against abortion personally re- appointment of a commission of women to study the problem If elected would be the first Jewish governor in this century Broderick would be the second Catholic governor The majority party choices for lieutenant governor are Beaver County men both Cath o 1 i c s They are Democrat Ernest Kline minority leader in the state ate and Republican Ralph lera a former Common Pleas judge A 1968 constitutional amend eliminated a separate con- test for the No 2 spot POLLS 7 to S p.m Tuesday ELIGIBLE TO Democrats nonpartisans 239 66 American Independents 9 Socialists 6 Prohibitionists and 2 Progressives STATEWIDE U S senator ernor and lieutenant governor Because of a tional change governor and lieutenant are elected as a unit 7th District comprising eastern Delaware County 9th District comprising Chester County and western Delaware County Besides the general election there will be a special election in the 9th District to fill a vacancy until the end of this year STATE District only In the 9th and 17th Districts senators have two more years to serve in their current terms STATE All ten districts through NUMBER OF COUNTY 371 in the county's 49 municipalities BALLOT County None in Delaware
