Delaware County Daily Times (Newspaper) - September 7, 1976, Chester, Pennsylvania Delaware County P T Sii 1876 1976 MOTOR Tuesday September PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS Merry Christmas Fund gets early sendoff By BONNIE BALDWIN Daily Times Staff Writer Believe it or not the 1976 Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund already has a balance of Thanks to one early bird that is Richard Home 37 of Lower Chichester has been sending checks to the fund since June I know I'll be the first for the Christmas Home wrote in a note accompanying his first check You'll get a check from me every month from now through Christmas He explained in a telephone in- that he likes to be first I was one of the first to send in last year he said But Home had another reason for giving to the Merry Christmas fund now in its sixth year I like to help people It's just a small he said The fund is an annual Daily Times effort to aid the Salvation Army in Chester with its Christmas projects Salvation Capt Robert Pfeiffer was excited about Home's idea Maybe other people will want to do the same he said That would be Capt Pfeiffer said the Salvation Army will budget at least for Christmas this year and one-third of that will hopefully come from the Merry Christmas Fund The economic picture really hasn't changed that much in Chester this he said Last year we helped 600 families This year we'll probably have more requests and food and toys will cost more The captain said the fund usually buys all of the toys given out at Christmas and a portion of the food dime goes toward Christmas he said The Christmas fund was begun in 1971 It raised more than the first year and climbed to a peak of in 1974 More than was collected last Christmas We should be able lo raise this Capt Pfeiffer said In past years groups have held baked food sales dances and to raise money for the fund Office groups have contributed in lieu of Christmas cards Some donations have been made anonymously or in memory of loved ones Home included a short message in each of his checks Keep trying don't give Live for You'll survive if there is were examples Enjoying his own idea Home has given more frequently than he originally promised I know how much I'll give he said 1 just live day to day Home is a bachelor employed by the A P Tea Co His claim to fame is a in the Delaware In- stant Lottery earlier this year In addition to giving toys and food to poor families in the Chester area the Salvation Army sponsors parties and delivers gifts to each resident in area nursing homes at Christmas The Army raises the remainder of the money needed for Christmas through mail drives and sidewalk collections The 1976 Merry Christmas fund campaign will officially begin Thanksgiving Day talks called optimistic For my next number Reed Babner 4 makes like Schroeder in the Peanuts comic strip and Tonia Banta listens during break while helping their mothers spruce up the Francis Harvey Green School In Bethel for Wednesday's scheduled opening Article and more pictures on Page 3 Former Kenney researcher calls election literature insulting By MARION LOGUE Daily Times Correspondent disillusioned former member of John Kenney's campaign staff has written to the National Fair Campaign Practices Committee about his controversial which caused a furor in the 7th District Congressional race The pamphlet is insulting to the intelligence of wrote Mrs Nancy Smith of Swarthmore former director of research on the Kenney staff Kenney is the Republican for the seat held by U S Rep Robert Edgar Democrat from Marple A piece of Kenney campaign literature featuring a list of headlines purporting to illustrate Edgar's voting record so incensed Edgar that he called a press con- ference to denounce it He also filed a complaint with the Fair Campaign Practices Committee Edgar said the pamphlet gave false and misleading impressions about his positions He rebutted each headline with documentation of his own Kenney then said Edgar had launched a personal attack ting him to me his own charges with the committee Kenney was not available this morning to comment on Mrs It was Mrs Smith who secured most of the material which formed the basis of the pamphlet The fabricated headlines are Mrs Smith said in her letter to Kenney They are not even statements taken out of context or garbled quotes They are just plain falsehoods Her letter took particular ex- ception to the alleged slush fund issue This is a Congressional fund for mailings and office secret illegal or said Mrs Smith in an interview with the Daily Times She said the pamphlet is not the first thing that has bothered her about the Kenney campaign Back in March she was disturbed by ney's comparison of Edgar's voting record with that of U S Rep Bella calling them 96 per cent similar The Republican National Committee's research division in Washington could only come up with a 76 per cent coincidence on its computer Mrs Smith said she recommended this figure be used But they decided to go with the 96 per cent which they found on a flyer put out by the Americans for Con- she said About that time Mrs Smith who went to work for Kenney on Feb 13 as the first person on his staff began to have doubts her usefulness as a researcher In April she wrote a letter to that effect offering to stay until a replacement could be found On June 22 a replacement was made Although Mrs Smith is a Daily Times registered Democrat she has never been politically active A friend of Kenney's for several years she was excited about the prospect of being part of a campaign for the very first time 1 thought Jay had all the qualifications of a great candidate for the New Look Republicans I looked forward to being involved in a clean contest on the she said It was like that at first but then other elements took over and it became a war Teachers in the Penn Delco School District and six Delaware County diocesan high schools were still without contracts this morning The Philadelphia Archdiocese has delayed the opening of its schools one day Further negotiations between the Penn Delco School Board and Penn Delco Educat ion Association are set for 7 tonight Schools are scheduled to open Thursday Around the clock negotiations with a state mediator have brought the two sides much closer on the salary issue according to President Ronald and board President Stephen King Theodore Cramer assistant superintendent said the teachers had been offered a 7.2 per cenl salary increase improvements in hospitalization accumulative sick days and a dental plan as well as other benefits I'm optimistic we'll he said Penn Delco teachers will meet 7 a.m Wednesday to determine a course of action pending the out- come of negotiations Members of the Association of Catholic Teachers ACT were scheduled to meet this morning to vote on their options They were expected to vole either to strike accept a new contract proposal or decide to work without a contract ACT President John Reilly said last week teachers would probably strike if they did not have a contract Archdiocese spokesman Rev Leo McKenzie said no plans have been made for a possible strike He did not say whether schools would be open if lay teachers 43 per cent of the faculty in Catholic high schools should strike The opening of diocesan high schools has been postponed until Thursday for 9th graders and until Friday for 10th and 12th graders Teachers in Haverford School District reached a tentative Friday night They are expected to vote on the agreement sometime this week No details available Teachers at Southeast Delco Ridley and William Penn were to vote this morning on new contracts Garnet Valley teachers were to vote on a wage settlement Intermediate Unit teachers will also vote on a new contract this week Educator was 64 Bus drivers at and Garnet Valley are still without contracts but they are expected to report to work Wednesday Garnet Valley drivers members of the Pennsylvania State Education protest tonight at a meeting of school directors Dr Samuel Craven dies after talks Dr Samuel D Craven who had just completed teacher contract negotiations for the Southeast Delco School the day before died Saturday at his home Ridgewood Road Springfield Dr Craven who was assistant superintendent of the district had been involved in teacher talks that had culminated in a tentative Crash fatal Joseph F X Gallagher Jr 27 of 247 W Greenwood Ave Lansdowne was killed Saturday when the car he was operating failed to negotiate a curve in south of Ille 54 A passenger David R Keenan 19 of fill Fern St Yeadon was jured According to state police Gallagher was operating his auto on Legislative Rte 53036 about 350 fed south of Rte 54 He failed to negotiate a left hand turn and his vehicle crashed through a guardrail plummeting 30 feet from a bridge onto railroad tracks He was pronounced dead at the scene by Deputy Coroner Louis Truskowsky He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph F Gallagher three sisters Tara Moira S and Denyse M and two brothers Gregory The funeral will take place at in the Funeral Home Garret Road and Lansdowne Ave Hill A Mass or Christian Burial will bo in the Church of St Charles Borromeo Road and Dennison Ave Drexel Hill Upper Darby agreement a.m Friday The educator -had begun his career as a teacher in in the School District in Chester County From 1937 to he taught commercial subjects at Chester High School In 1949 he became supervising principal of the former Folcroft School District He was eventually named tendent of the district In 1972 when the four districts of Folcroft Collingdale Sharon Hill and Darby Township were merged into the Southeast Delco District was named assistant tendent During his 24 years as head of the Folcroft schools he saw the school population grow from pupils to more than the last Folcroft School Board meeting Dr Craven was presented with a plaque for his years of service Dr Craven who held a master's degree from Temple University received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania Dr Craven was a member of the session of the Third Presbyterian Church Chester where he was of ths Sunday school Dr Craven was secretary of the Chester Pik Rotary Club a member of the American Association of School Administrators and a member of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association He is survived by his wife Alice one Craven of Springfield and two grandchildren The funeral will be 11 a.m Thursday from the Griffith Funeral Chapel Chester Pike Norwood Burial will be in Glenwood Memorial Gardens Marple Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m Wednesday at the funeral chapel In probe of robberies Routine hectic but it was well worth it Bridge 18 Movies 13 Classified Obits 4 Comics outlook Crossword 19 sports Editorials 6 TV 18 Horoscope 19 Weather 4 Det Daniel lacona works at his desk police officials say its been a little hectic what with keeping all the paper work together But all in all they say Del Daniel lacona's investigation has been well worth the trouble lacona a 7 and veteran of the force has worked almost handedly in rounding up evidence which police claim implicates five persons in connection with at least seven of the city's unsolved summer robberies The investigation began with the help of Aston police Aug 20 as members of both departments arrested the three primary suspects at their city homes lacona took over the case receiving some initial assistance from Dels Grady Berrien and Floyd Sudler Before long however lacona was going it alone doing much of the work on his own time It's rare that you see dedication like that in a said Det Capt Joseph Lastowka of lacona I think this may be the biggest set of bery busts we've had in a long time It's got to rank right up there at the lop lacona 46 said his progress in the investigation stemmed mostly from the arrogance of suspects who he says never bothered to wear masks during any of their holdups An Army veteran who served for sometime in Japan lacona obtained photos of the suspects and tracked down reliable who could identify them as holdup men The five suspects are Lawrence Lane 19 of the 200 block Elsworth St Herman Baker 19 address undisclosed Michael Stewart 18 of the 800 block W 3rd St Jerome Simmons 19 of the 100 block Church St and William Bailey address undisclosed lacona noted that in most cases in which cash was taken the robbers made off with usually no more than t
