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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
5
FMC Corp purchases the operating assets of American Viscose Corp for 116 million after the government failed to obtain a temporary injunction under the Clayton Act. Avisco will operate as the American Viscose Division under FMC management led by Jack M. Pope.
Haiti battles ongoing turmoil as Jean Claude Duvalier tightens control after a December coast invasion and military plots. Reports say he extended power illegally to 1967, survived assassinations, and crushed underground leaders Clement and Harry Barbot. Duvalier builds a 5000 strong civilian militia and a 5000 member TonTon Macoute force.
Joint announcement by FMC chairman Paul L. Davies and American Viscose chair Frank H. Reichel confirms FMC will acquire Avisco’s business and assets, including a half interest in AviSon Corp. and Ketchikan Pulp Co. The deal, tied to a January purchase agreement, aims to bolster FMC’s diversification into fibers and films.
U.S. and Soviet officials pursue a new East West accord with a signing ceremony planned for Thursday at 4 p.m. The treaty requires Senate ratification, but nations may declare adherence beforehand. Senators and ministers extend talks as Rusk plans Black Sea talks with Khrushchev and Gromyko in Moscow.
Borough council authorizes the tax assessor and tax collector to collect interim taxes and notes House Bill 356 allows municipalities to collect interim taxes. A committee led by Stephen Gardiner will study the old Chester Heights School building for borough needs. Next meeting set for September.
Mrs. Elizabeth Finley, 44, of 934 Sampson Street Eddystone, was reported in fair condition at Chester Hospital. She was taken there at 3 p.m. Monday by the Franklin Rescue Squad after being found unconscious at 8th and Potter Streets.
Tinicum police say Henry Traum and Edward Tully were injured when their cars collided head on at 5 p.m. on Tinicum Avenue. Traum, 35, suffered facial and hand injuries and possible fracture. Tully, 22, had head and facial cuts and possible injury to a leg. Both were admitted to Ridley Park Hospital. Vandals broke six windows at Douglass Junior High School at 8th Street and Central Avenue.
AP photographer Horst Faas reports a Vietnamese marine platoon of 30 was attacked near Duc Hoa 12 miles from Saigon. One marine was killed and four wounded as the unit pressed through canals and fields, engaging hidden Viet Cong with sporadic gunfire and grenade threats before reaching a village at 3 a.m. An American helicopter evacuated the wounded.
Chester woman Anna Bartholf, 37, held on $300 bail after being charged with assault and battery in a picket line clash outside Speare Brothers department store on August 2. Dr Felder E Rouse Jr accused her of bumping him. Bartholf claims she was bumped first. Rouse testified with eight witnesses. Bartholf pleaded innocent.
Westinghouse Blecwie Corporation will build a 12 800 kilowatt gas turbine generator and related equipment for Abidjan Ivory Coast under a five million dollar contract. The deal, the first power apparatus from an American firm for French speaking West Africa, follows a yearlong power survey and includes parts from three other Westinghouse plants. R L Jeans, VP for power and industry, notes the project will raise Ivory Coast capacity to 55 800 kilowatts.
Alabama public school children will be required to take a Bible course after a State Board of Education ruling, though practical changes may be minimal. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling that barred certain readings in class but did not prohibit Bible study as part of the course of study.
James Allen Jr the New York state education commissioner told the New York City Board of Education that no deadline was set to eliminate racial imbalance in public schools. He called prompt action both practical and a moral obligation amid Harlem schools nearing 50 percent Negro. He answered questions from Calvin Gross the city superintendent who sought clarification of last June's directive requiring districts to report by Sept 1 on steps to remove imbalance.
Concord School Board hired Richard Hoover and Mrs. Diane Steen for sixth grade art and second grade. They approved raises for Elena Starr Patricia Walker and Mildred Sargisson. September 5 start for students with staff training on September 3 4. Additional hires include Ira Neff custodian helper George Guthrie and Robert Trostle summer helpers.
Premier Janos Kadar and W Averell Harriman discussed possible steps to improve relations as Harriman visited Moscow for the nuclear test ban negotiations. Kadar said American leaders no longer favor Hungary's government as strongly as before but now pursue sober realistic policies.
Clifton Heights receives a 70000 grant from the Community Facilities Administration to cover half of the 140000 project cost for street repaving across 116 blocks. Borough engineers are to publish bid notices by August 21 with bids due then and contracts awarded the same night. the borough contributes 20000 while the county and state liquid fuel funds provide 35000 and 316000 respectively.
BLH Baldwin Lima Hamilton Corp. secured four press contracts totaling about 1.5 million dollars for foreign manufacturers. One press goes to Fabrika 20 May in Skopje Yugoslavia, another to Usiness Cuivres Et A Zinc in Liege Belgium. Remaining orders are for Sumitomo Light Metal Industries in Nagoya Japan and Hindustan Aluminum Corp in Calcutta India, with deliveries set for 1962.
James P. Faries of the Marple Council of Civic Associations weighs a Bodek offer to buy and improve a large tract for apartment development. The plan envisions 78 buildings of 17 units each plus two smaller buildings, with a projected assessed value exceeding 3.5 million dollars and a mix of one and two bedroom units.
A weather note reports 24 hour high on Wednesday at 9 with 60 degrees this morning and 0.70 inches of precipitation. It lists past highs of 90 and typical values for August and this month, along with tides at Chester and sunrise and sunset times.
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