Delaware County Daily Times (Newspaper) - October 11, 1976, Chester, Pennsylvania I CHIM 1876 1976 Delaware County If you hove a problem with delivery of the Daily Times we want to know Call our circulation department at between 9 p.m HOME DELU ERV MOTOR Monday October PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS VPK ww w Emma The most scary part was when we dropped anchor and just sat for an hour and a half Darby Twp man credits prayer for sea escape DARBY TOWNSHIP I just prayed that the Lord would help me find the right said Preston Nelson 1411 Walter Ave Something told me to head Nelson and his wife Emma both 68 escaped tragedy on the Delaware Bay during a recent storm I told Emma that the storm was the work of the Lord and that it was a beautiful sight to behold sitting on that said Preston The Nelsons were winding up a day's fishing trip out of Fortesque N 4 p.m when the storm blew up At 7 p.m they made their way to the Delaware shoreline and spent the night in the boat before heading home the next day with of relatives who had to bring their trailer and car from Fortesque I never was said Nelson but his wife said that she became upset when she discovered they were not heading to the direction they had anticipated The most scary part was when we dropped anchor and just sat for an hour and a Mrs Nelson said Nelson said he thought they were sitting but that in fact the current was taking them into the channel I knew that when it got dark I could see the lights and head in that he said The Nelsons began their fishing trips 10 years ago when they chased their first boat In recent years Nelson who is retired from United Airlines has spent many days with friends in the Fortesque area He asked me if I wanted to come on this Mrs Nelson said I thought since it was coming to the end of the fishing season I would go but 1 had never been in the Delaware Bay before The Nelsons who were unaware of the excitement they caused will still continue to fish But the next time it will be in smaller said Mrs Nelson Ridley Twp police take 77 contract talks to arbitration Black attack Syrian embassy ROME AP Three Palestinians from Lebanon shot their way into the Syrian Embassy today and took five officials hostage to protest Syria's intervention in the Lebanese civil war The guerrillas surrendered less than two hours later to police who had besieged the building One Syrian was wounded in the leg during the shooting police said Earlier they said one hostage was also wounded and the terrorists allowed him to be taken to the hospital The condition of the wounded hostage was described as serious A mailman and a cleaning woman were also taken to hospitals fering from shock Man shoots wife in head city woman is in good condition today after being shot in the head Sunday during a domestic dispute with her husband Police said George Minor 40 of 200 Arbor Court used a 22 caliber pistol to wound his wife Ann of the same address about a m The victim was taken to Chester Medical Center Upland where it was learned that the bullet apparently passed from the front to the rear of her head without doing substantial damage Minor was arrested at his home by Det Sgt Grady Berrien and Daniel lacona He has been charged with aggravated assault by shooting and baD is set at A hearing is scheduled for sometime this week Det Capt Joseph Lastowka said investigators have not yet mined Die nature of the quarrel Police said they did not believe Syrian Ambassador Farouk Al Sharae was among those taken hostage A man whom police described as the commando leader said in an interview with Italian radio shortly after his arrest that all three guerrillas were members of the Black June Movement He said they attacked the embassy to draw the attention of the world to the betrayal of the Syrian ment and the plot of Arab states against the Palestinian people We did not want to harm he said This action marks a new stage in the struggle of the Palestinian people Daily index Sen Clarence D Bell campaigns vigorously as he hears opponent Robert Strunk's footsteps Page 3 entertainment center is an easy fall project Page 10 Amusements 2 Horoscope 23 Bridge 23 Obits 4 Classified Outlook Comics Sports Crossword 23 TV 22 Editorials 6 Weather 4 Dally Times Staff Writer Compulsory arbitration for a 1977 work contract has begun for members of the Ridley Township Police Department Representatives of the police department Fraternal Order of Police FOP and township government met at the Delaware County Bar Association building in Media for the initial session Compulsory arbitration was in- by police representatives to end what they said was a deadlock in negotiations The FOP is representing the township police department Francis P Bascelli a detective in the Ridley Township Department is the lodge's chief negotiator Ridley Township is the first Delaware County municipality to enter into ation to reach contractual agreements for 1977 and possibly 1978 SEVEN COUNTY departments will begin arbitration proceedings shortly They Haverford Township Marple Upper Darby Folcroft Sharon Hill Media and Marcus Hook Two departments Colwyn and Springfield avoided arbitration by reaching final agreement on contracts One Norwood remains on the fence and could reach agreement or go into arbitration Millbourne and Darby Township reached agreement after early in- pointed to possible ar- The other police ments are operating under previously negotiated contracts some of which are pacts Lodge solicitor Howard Richard told FOP members at a recent meeting that municipal officials are getting tougher in their working on Faulk Road The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation working through an independent contractor was to begin resurfacing Route 261 Faulk Road in Chester Heights from Route 1 Baltimore Pike to Concord Road today is asking persons who travel Route 261 to use an alternate road if possible while the facing work is being done The 77 look in autos cycles at Granite Run Pages to negotiations He said some officials consider police contract demands IN THE ARBITRATION process both parties present their cases to a arbitration panel Each party selects one arbitrator and both must agree on a neutral third member Both parties must accept the majority decision of the ar- panel According to Richard municipalities have sought representation by skilled negotiators and have taken ad- vantage of training courses to improve their knowledge of negotiating procedures Richard said the continuing increase in the federal government's cost of living index the inflation barome ter sets the tempo for police wage increases Richard told the FOP members that developments in contract negotiations elsewhere affect conditions here He said police layoffs in New York City and Detroit had a bad effect on local police negotiators The recent contract settlement by police in Philadelphia had a beneficial effect HISTORICALLY binding ar- has provided police with substantial increases in wage and fringe benefits The first awards were received in 1969 Since then a steady flow of awards has improved working conditions for police Some municipal officials claim that police have made excessive gains but Richard claims that police are still in the process of catching up for the years they worked at sub- standard benefits The solicitor said police will continue to seek anything that is reasonable in the way of contract improvements Bascelli said the Rev Francis Quinn a professor of criminal justice at Villanova University Radnor will conduct a seminar on arbitration The seminar will be arranged for police of departments in Delaware and Montgomery Counties Water water everywhere Swarthmore High School's Steve Hagelin catches his breath and a drink on the sidelines during Saturday's rain-soaked Section 2 game with Complete game story ana more pictures Page 13 taxpayers get news to cheer about By MARION LOGUE Daily Times Correspondent Taxpayers and en- have something to cheer about at the En- Center It is a cooperative agreement which allows waste materials from an area of the Center and from construction to be exchanged and recycled into current projects by both sides A classic example of cooperation between a highway contractor and the federal said manager Ken Chitwood The ex- change gives both parties materials which they would otherwise have to purchase and it also saves costs of disposal by both parties and recycles what would otherwise be useless debris It is a project beneficial to the taxpayers he added CHITWOOD was referring to the fact that the Environmental Center needs to remove sand and gravel to restore a piece formerly used as a Corps of Engineers dumping ground At the same time construction of the section of will generate a quantity of dirt and vegetation that will not compact to meet sylvania Department of specifications for road compaction So highway contractor Buckley and Co will take the sande and gravel from the Center and use it for the next section of highway and will fill up the holes left at the Center with their organic debris The plot now a sterile piece of ground will then be reclaimed as a wildlife and water bird habitat It will contain two ponds and three water control dikes including a new one 20 feet high It will run along the section of 30 feet off the right-of-way leaving room to plant a deep visual screen and sound barrier between the two Another Environmental Center improvement project in the works is a impoundment at the site of the original preserve The area will be divided into three a feeding area which can per periodically drained to plant food crops for birds another to remain permanently and a third to be a tidal pond where flooding from Darby Creek will be allowed engineering and design plans for the impoundment in late September and they are now being processed at the regional office of the Department of the Interior in Boston where a decision will be made on whether the job will be done by staff or con- out After plans are com- the Corps of Engineers must issue a Section 404 permit before work can actually begin The Center the country's first national urban park was improved considerably this summer by a contingent of 20 boys and girls from the Youth Conservation Corps The 15 to 18 year olds picked up tons of made directional signs and benches constructed trails did identification surveys of plants and wildlife and made a film about the center which can be shown in schools and elsewhere The entrance road just south of and Lindbergh was also com- this summer with funds provided by the Philadelphia Con- who matched a donation to their group with another of their own for the job The Philadelphia Garden Clubs are scheduled to landscape the entrance area in Philadelphia Conservationists meanwhile are now ready to add a contact station at the entrance This 25 feet square building will be a staffed visitors information center which will maintain displays and dispense information on the park and its facilities Two restrooms are also included in the plans MANAGER Chitwood expects some land purchases to be made in Title and specification problems have slowed down the two appraisals required prior to chase but all staff appraisals have been completed and outside are mostly said Chitwood They must he send through both Boston and Washington but million is available for land acquisition for 1976 and another for 1977 and he is confident buying can begin in a few months The next major task for Chitwood is drawing up a master plan for the Environmental Center to be sub- mitted in connection with land acquisition He will also do the required EIS environmental im- pact statement at the same time with his target date for completing both end of 1977 The master plan and ELS do not have to be completed in order for land purchases to begin he stressed IT IS A little known fact that the Fish and Wildlife Service is the only federal body with a sharing arrangement Local governments are entitled to receive three-fourths of one per cent per year of the land value for any wildlife refuge within their borders Township is thus getting checks for for a 16.5 acre parcel and will receive more next year from the site from the Corp of Engineers now in- in the Center To date most of the money has gone to the City of Philadelphia which encompasses the area of the Original preserve said Chitwood But as future land purchases are made next year and thereafter all in the township can look forward to larger checks each year
