Delaware County Daily Times (Newspaper) - August 2, 1975, Chester, Pennsylvania Delaware County A tin I 279 HOME DELIVERY 75 CENTS MOTOR ROUTE Nonpublic school aid signed court tests seen HARRISBURG AP Gov Shapp has signed into law a new package of bills to help non- public schools but tougher tests in the federal courts may lie ahead The million package would boost state aid for students in Catholic and private schools by per pupil providing more money for textbooks special teaching materials and services such as guidance counseling SATURDAY AUGUST 2 1975 It was approved over- last month by the legislature and signed by the governor Friday But like past government efforts to send money to non- public schools parts of the new plan are open to legal challenge for possible ties between church and state least two organizations the American Civil Liberties Union and the Pennsylvania Committee on Public Education say they are considering lawsuits against portions of the program It per student fof guidance counseling speech and hearing therapy remedial teaching and other so-called auxiliary services The services will be handled by public school employes at some location outside the nonpublic school per student for in- materials boost from to per student for a textbook loan program that the courts have approved The legislature was spurred toward the new program by a U.S Supreme Court decision on May 19 that voided most of the state's previous efforts Sponsors believe that their new plans will meet the Supreme Court's objections The textbook loan program won the Supreme Court's FIFTEEN CENTS proval in 1968 in a case resulting from a law in New York State Under Pennsylvania's program nonpublic schools tell parents which books their children should use Then parents notify the state the state buys the books and ships them to the school district They're officially on loan but in practice the school keeps them indefinitely Discuss nuclear treaty BICEN Here's one of newly painted Chester Water Authority hydrants in Chester When completed the hydrants will be red white and blue and will have 13 stars surrounding the numerals 1776 CWA officials decided to repaint the hydrants to help beautify the city Inside your Daily Times A gift of gab Page 6 Sharon Hill's Werndl gets paid not to forget Page 11 Amusements 13 Bridge 7 Church 5 Classified Comics 19 Crossword Puzzle 19 Notices 4 HOTTER Editorials Financial News Horoscope Obituaries Outlook Section Sports Television 6 2 18 4 7 18 Record high temperatures today and Sunday Highs around 100 lows 80 to 85 Details on Page 10 Daily except Sunday E 8th St Chester Pa 19016 Want Ads TR Departments TR Home per week Ford Brezhnev meet again HELSINKI UPI President Ford and a joking Soviet party chief Leonid I Brezhnev made some progress toward a new nuclear arms limitation pact today in overtime talks that delayed Ford's departure for Romania Yes we made some Ford told reporters as he emerged from the three hour and 10 minute discussion on prospects for a strategic missile agreement and headed for the airport Brezhnev asked his in- what did he say what did he got the translation and shouted at reporters da da yes absolutely The President and Mrs Ford then departed oh a four-hour flight to Bucharest the capital of Romania on the fourth leg of their European tour Can't you see what mood we are Brezhnev happily asked reporters The only trouble is we didn't have enough time to settle The Ford-Brezhnev talks an hour and 10 minutes beyond their scheduled duration of two hours Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger seemed in a serious mood came out of the conference room but Brezhnev seemed expansive He slapped the President on the shoulder as they parted and said I wish you well have a good trip In Romania Ford was bound for a nation that has established itself as the somewhat in- dependent maverick of the Soviet bloc Romania's President Nicolae Ceausescu told the Helsinki summit he would like to see both the Soviet Warsaw Pact and NATO military blocs disbanded The Ford's will spend one day in Romania and then fly to Belgrade Yugoslavia for another one-day stopover enroute to Washington As he left his U.S embassy residence Ford told employes in farewell address he will insist on fulfillment of the principles for peaceful and humanitarian relations en- at the security summit It is a promise that must be fulfilled and we will insist that it be fulfilled Ford said Ford and Brezhnev met for a scheduled two-hour session at the Soviet Embassy taking up where they left off Wednesday in discussion of the prospective second-stage strategic arms limitation pact After Wednesday's talks with Brezhnev the President said progress had been made on the nuclear missiles issue He made clear in his address to the Helsinki security summit Friday that a second SALT treaty is a primary U.S policy At the Soviet embassy Brezhnev markedly older and less agile in appearance than when he and Ford met in Vladivostok last November greeted the President with a firm handshake and some in- banter as they posed for photographs Ford and Brezhnev met for an emotional handshake Friday when the two men joined leaders of 33 other nations in signing the nonbinding European security agreement intended as a code of conduct for all the nations of Europe East and West except the regime in Albania plus the United States and Canada This weekend's a hot one Jn July it may have rained on your parade but August too We welcomed the eighth month of the year Friday with a high of 97 tying the record set in 1933 The National Weather Service in Philadelphia predicts the this weekend should soar to 100 or slightly above breaking records both today and Sunday The record for today is 99 set in 1955 and the record for Sunday is 96 also set in 1955 The last time it reached 100 was 4 1966 when the mercury boiled to The last time 100 was reached in Aug 6 1955 When the sun goes down it won't be much better Lows for today and Sunday will be 80 to 85 Don't look for rain to cool things off The chance of rain is near zero today rising only to a 10 per cent chance Sunday SOVIET LEADER Leonid Brezhnev left and President Ford talk during meeting at the Soviet Embassy in Helsinki today CBS sues to get files LOS ANGELES AP CBS Television has filed suit to open the files on the Robert F Kennedy assassination and one of the persons wounded the night Kennedy was shot says he also plans a suit to force release of the records CBS Television filed the suit in Superior Court Friday to compel the police department to release its record of the investigation into the June 1968 murder of Kennedy pair charged with negligence PHILADELPHIA AP The U.S Coast Guard has filed negligence charges captain and the pilot of the chemical tanker Edgar M which rammed an tanker Jan 31 in the worst marine disaster in the United States since 1972 The hit the in the Delaware River at a British Petroleum BP oil refinery dock at Marcus Hook Pa setting off a chain reaction of explosions and fires which destroyed the and killed 29 persons Charged with negligence Friday were Fay Kellogg 53 skipper of the and Sverre Sorensen 56 the pilot If the men are found guilty during administrative hearings their licenses could be suspended or revoked Capt Donald W Smith head of the local Coast Guard Marine Inspection Office emphasized that the charges are ad- ministrative not criminal These men hold sailing licenses issued by the Coast he said What we are going to do is determine their fitness to continue to hold these licenses Both men hold masters licenses the highest issued by the Coast Guard Revocation would likely end their careers Three counts of negligence were filed against Kellogg and one against Sorensen Sorensen was ordered to appear Aug 18 for a hearing before an administrative law judge at the U.S Customs House here A similar hearing was set Aug 26 for Kellogg One man aboard the was killed and the other deaths occurred aboard the Only three bodies have been recovered from the Was on his way to meet mobster Hunt for Hoffa widened CARNIVAL WINNERS Taking first place the keg rodeo at the Chester Recreation Department's tad annual swim carnival was Tony Locke 16 In the Croar Park pool wattr him it David Peterson 15 who took second place BLOOMFIELD HILLS Mich AP Bloomfield Township police said today the in- into Wednesday's mysterious disappearance of former Teamsters boss Jimmy has been extended to Hillsdale County 100 miles southwest of Detroit Police said Lt Curt Grennier who is heading the in- left early this morning to check out a lead somewhere in Hillsdale County Police officers said they did not know why Grennier headed for that part of Michigan On Friday Hoffa's son James P said he believed the investigation was centered in Oakland County which abuts Detroit to the north The Hoffa family fears Hoffa has been abducted but ship police admitted Friday they still did not have a clue into the disappearance of the ex- union chief We don't know any more than we knew at this time yesterday Grennier had said late Friday 48 hours after the one-time leader of the nation's largest union vanished from this Detroit suburb However the Detroit Free Press today quoted Hoffa's daughter Barbara Crancer as saying investigators believe two associates of An- thony Tony Jack Giacalone a longtime Hoffa friend and reputed Mafia leader may have taken her father hostage Bloomfield Township police said their investigators were unavailable for comment on the report Hoffa's son James P Hoffa Portugese president pleads with military LISBON Portugal AP President Francisco da Costa Gomes pleaded today with Portugal's military leaders to lay aside personal rivalries and end the worst crisis since the Portuguese revolution began The president's remarks on his return from the European Security Conference in Helsinki underlined a growing power struggle between moderate and military leaders said he also believes his old father has been abducted although he expressed con- the elder Hoffa was still alive I believe it's an abduction There's no evidence it isn't We have no reason to believe it said young Hoffa an attorney But no ransom note has been delivered for Hoffa who was last seen outside a plush restaurant here Wednesday afternoon In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday night the family confirmed that the elder Hoffa them he was going to the Machus Red Fox Restaurant to meet Giacalone Family members said they believe Hoffa was to meet with a second person at the restaurant but they said they did not know the identity of the second person However the Free Press reported that Mrs Crancer said the family Hoffa was on his way to the luncheon meeting with Giacalone and two of associates She said investigators whom she did not identify believe associates lured Hoffa to their auto on the of taking him to meet Giacalone to the Free Press pretense elsewhere according story Mrs Crancer said Hoffa stopped in nearby Pontiac at a small business in which he has financial interests while en route to the luncheon and told employees there that he was meeting with Giacalone and named the two associates the Free Press said But Mrs Crancer said that when the employees were questioned by police they could not remember the associates names the paper said Liquor Control Board announces price hikes HARRISBURG AP Consumers have less than four weeks to stock up before another round of price creates hits 239 items on state store shelves The Liquor Control Board boosts Friday They take effect Aug
