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H O M E D E L I V E R Y 9 0 C E N T S

Friday, August 12,1977•

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capsuleGood old dog days

The dog days of Augustcontinue to plague De-l aware Countians as theweather remains hot andsticky. Little relief is ex-pected through theweekend. Scattered showersor thundershowers arelikely each day. Details onpage2.

B us changed

SEPTA'S Red ArrowDivision has announced thatbeginning. Aug . 22 the pre-sent detour on bus Route 72will be changed because ofthe opening of the SharonAvenue bridge in SharonHill.

Route 72 will operate overits regular route to theintersection of Calcon HookRoad and Woodland Avenuein Sharon Hill . The routewill then detour alongWoodland, Sharon , an dElmwood Avenues to CliftonAvenue w h e re th e regularroute to Delmar Village willresume.

Route . 72 operatesbetween D arby Terminaland Delmar Village. New

route schedules will beavailable aboard the busesbeginning M onday.

Woman i n jured

SP R IN GF IEL D - ASwarthmore .woman was

injured when she was hit bya car while placinggroceries in her own car in

the Acme parking lot onRoute 32 0 Thursday morn-ing.

M rs. Ol ive Adams, 86, ofHarvard Ave., was taken toTaylor H ospital, Ridley •Park, by the M ilmont am-

bulance at 10:45 a.m. She is

reported in satisfactorycondition with a f racturedrib and knee. Police wereno t available for details oftheaccident.

Flood aid planned

M A R P L E — T he M a r p le -Newtown Jaycees plan toaid Johnstown floodvictims. Th e y will set upcollection sites for gather-ing of non-perishable items,canned goods, cleaningsupplies, disposablediapers, mops, etc. 9:30 a.m

to 4 p.m. Saturday.Anyone wishing to con-

tribute can drop off items atthe Newtown Square Shop-

ping Center; Two Guysshopping center, near the

glass recycling unit;Pathmark store, LawrenceRoad, Broomall; and

Pantry Pride store inLawrence Park ShoppingCenter. The Jaycees are

trying to acquire a truck todrive the items toJohnstown.

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Birthday coneWhen it's your third birthday, and • t's a hot day in

August, what's a better way to celebrate than by having.'yourself a .nice ice cream cone — even if it does become abit drippy .in the summer sun? The answer, is nothing..And you can just ask Jerome Small, who was r foundcelebrating his third birthday in Sharon Hill by StaffPhotographer BertHodge.

ByPATTIMENGERS

Daily Tunes Staff Writer

When Upper D a r by High Schoolgradua te Margueri te M cHaleGlassman was busy writingstories about . the cross-countryteam for the yearbook, she neverdreamed that ten years later shewould be sought after by writersacross thecountry.

N or could she have imaginedthat her husband, Craig, might bereceiving writings from a man

wh o became -the ta rge t of thelargest manhunt in New York'shistory.

M oreover, she could not haveforeseen tha t he r husband wouldbe living in the Y onkers,. N.Y .,apartment under the suspected"Son of Sam."

"Mac" (as she is called by herfriends) Glassman, daughter ofM r. and M rs . M art in W . M c Ha l eof Upper Darby, is married to theman believed to be the "Craig"

mentioned in the note foundWednesday in the '71 FordGalaxie of David Berkowitz, wh oadmits being the "Son of Sam"killer of six young persons in theNe w York area during the last,year. .

Healso wounded seven others.

THE N OTE, found along with a

machine gun in Berkowitz 's ca r ,

included the following s ta tement :

' Because Cra ig isCraig,So must the streetsBe filled with Cra ig (Dea th) . . . "

Reportedly, the block letteringon the morbid message found inth e suspect's ca r matches tha t ofthree "kill letters" whichGlassman has received in the lastfew months .

IRONICALLY, Glassman, 29 ,wh o is a Westchester Countydeputy sheriff , ha d rece ivedpermission from th e countysheriff 's office to observeBerkowitz, not as a "Son ofSam" suspect, but as the sus-pected sender of the "kill let-ters."

One of the letters Glassmanreceived reportedly reads asfollows:

"M y superior: Craig Glassman."Sgt. Glassman, I know ho w

successful you have been withyour assignment, forcing me outinto th e street for M r. Carr ,however , the dead are crying intheir graves for justice and God.has promised it to them.

."I .myself realize that I ambeyond hope and redemptionbecause I have succumbed to thepowers of your commander,

charges lodgedin six-year-old's deathSix-year-old Amy Luck, a

mongoloid child allegedly beatenby her adoptive parents in SharonHill, died late Thursday afternoonin Children's H ospital,Philadelphia.

Mr. and M rs. Edmund Storer ofthe 20 0 block Greenwood Streetwere rearrested at their homethis morning and charged withf ir s t degree murder, according toAsst. Dist. Atty. W. David Breen .

Am y had been in critical con-dition in the pediatric intensivecare unit of the hospital for twoweeks. County Dist. Atty. FrankHazel said the child apparentlyhad been beaten severely onnumerous occasions causingdamage to vital organs.

E D M U N D STORER, 33, and iswife El izabeth Ann, 34, werearrested M onday night by de-tectives of the county criminal

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police picked up two men atDe laware County Prison for

• a hearing at 10 a.m. — theburglar suspect...and hisvictim!

O n M onday, police ar-' rested LaVaughn Frame, 24 ,of 11 2 Pennington Ave.,M orton whi le he wasallegedly burlarizing an

apartment at 400 S. OrangeSt. The victim was not

home at the time. Thereason?* He was in D e-laware County Prison,himself, awaiting trial ondrug charges from the statepolice.

"The poor guy wasn ' teven home to protecthimself .. .he was in prison,"a M edia officer said, notingthe irony. "A nd, now theyare both there together."

So police officers havetwo releases to take to theprison — one for the allegedburglar, one for his victim

investigation division "(CID) an dcharged with aggrav ated assault,

recklessly endangering, indecentassault, endangering the welfa reof a child and criminal con-spiracy.

They were originally held i n 'Delaware County Prison in lieu of$100,000 bail each. Bail was re-duced later following a hearing

before Delaware CountyAssociate Judge Rita Prescott.

Judge Prescott set bail at$75,000 for Storer and $25,000 forhis wife. They posted ten per centof the bail and were released.

AM Y had been living with theStorers since June 25 as part ofan adoptive procedure. The di-

strict attorney's office is in-vestigating the placement of the

child in the Storer's home.The couple was to be arraignedtoday before Sharon Hill Dist r ic tJustice W illiam J. Dit te r t Jr. onthe murder charge. A pre-liminary hearing is set for 9:30a.m. Aug. 16 on the othercharges .

M i s te r Carr. I obey all my orders

as you well know, and I carrythem ou t dutifully. But we mustface th e fact that ou r death willcome one day. Then there shallbe the Judgment! Since you are afalllen angel and have been con-demned to the eternal fire beforeth e earth wa s crea ted , still, Go dwill be more merciful to you ifyou rebel against General Cosmoand his horde of demons.

"There is at this time little foryo u to gain by loyal service. Ibelieve the end of the "Reign ofTerror" is near and theauthorities will be dealing withyou in their ow n w a y .

"I GUESS I'm foolish to pleadwith you to surrender an d tu rn toGod because I know that yoursoul is evil and tha t yo u h a v e noheart. Therefore yo u will have tospend eternity in the lowest de-pths of Hell. Don't fear becauseCaptain Carr and his family an dme will be at yo ur side.

"You have done well in your6,000 plus years of service. Y ouhave taken over my soul despitemy early resistance and my de-nial and protests. Go ahead if youmust and continue to torture thepeople of earth. Don ' t stop issu-ing Captain Carr's wra th uponthe world at my pleas. Just goahead you cruel monster andcontinue your torments. Y ou willstand naked at the Judgment Seatof Christ.

Your brotherDesoDemesmutz"

SAM CA R R , 64, who lives inth e building behind Berkowitz 'sapartment complex, is apparently"Captain Carr" whom Berkowitzreportedly told police was the"Sam" who was his driving forceto kill. Carr reportedly said he

ha d never seen Berkowitz untilBerkowitz shot Carr's two-yearold dog in a hind leg last April.

In fact, few of the 24-year-oldBerkowitz 's neighbors knew h i m .Exact ly why he would be sendingthe "kill letters" to Glassman or

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B R O O K H A V E N — Borough Police Capt. Clarence Ken-nedy said his policemen early today apprehended one oftwo youths believed to be the "cat burglars" who havebeen plaguing area homes and businesses.

While on patrol about 2:40 a .m. today, PatrolmenRichard Fuller and Charles Cu n n i n gh a m and Special

Of f icer Robert Miazga came across a burglary inprogress at the Brookhaven Texaco s ta t ion on Ed gm o n tAvenue.

A window on the side of the station had been brokeninto.

AS POLICE approached the closed station, theyobserved a youth running across the station lot, Capt.Kennedy reported. A second youth ran across a lottoward a fence' and hid under a parked truck where policeapprehendedhim. The other youth escaped.

Recovered by police underneath the parked t ruck wereinspection stickers and a gun. Police found a bag with aconsiderable amount of coins in the youth's pocket.

POLICE ARE seeking a second suspect in connect ionwith the burglary.

An unidentified 17-year-old youth was to be arraignedtoday before District Justice of the Peace Walter McCrayof Brookhaven on charges of burglary, receiving stolengoods and possession ofprohibitive of fensive weapon.

Upon questioning at police headquarters, the youthconfessed to numerous other burglaries of businesses andhomes in the Brookhaven area, "too many to mention,"Capt . Kennedy said.

HE SAID cat burglars had been entering homes whenpeople were sleeping or when their back doors were open.

The arrested youth was wearing sneakers, dungareesand a black T-shirt, Capt. Kennedy said. '

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D E L A W A R E C O U N T Y D A I L Y T I M E S ( P R I M O S , P A . )Friday, A u g u st 12,1977

Lochman denied new trial

in Centrone beating caseMa rcu s H o o k

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T he V i k i n g A . A . Midget Girls Softbal l T e a m w a s citedb y M a y o r Curt Weldon a t a r e c e n t counci l m eet i ng .

W e l d o n said al l m e m b e r s o f t h e ' team will rece ive aC i t a t i on o f Excellence fo r their f i n e representa t ion o f th ecommunity , ending up se c o n d in the county in the i r

league a n d t a k i n g f i rs t place in the county t ou r nam ent .T e a m m e m b e r s Sheila C o m b s a n d M a rc i a ro se Murphy,

w ho represented th e Midgets at the m e e t i n g 'wereintroduced by Weldon, a l o n g w i t h ass is tant coach N a n c yR i g g i n s a n d V i k i n g A . A . President L ou C ar a t e l l o . CoachL a u r a B u r d e t t w a s n o t p r e s e n t .

"The Vikings do a f i n e jo b w i t h th e chi ldren in th is a r e a ,to o of ten t h e i r e f f o r t s go u n n o t i c e d , ' ' Weldon sa id .

A nnou nc i ng plans for a Marcus H ook Night at V e t e r a nsStadium o n A ug.30 , Weldon said the midget g ir ls t e a mwill go on to the field pr i o r to the Phil l ies -Atl anta g a m e ,re pre se n t i n g th e borough.

M e d i a

"Lie Down a n d B e C o u n t e d . "Ever hear t h a t slogan b e f o r e ?We think i t ' s a good one — f r o m the Red C ro ss Blood

B a n k .T h e r e will b e a c o m m u n i t y B l ood m obi l e 9:30 a .m. to

7:30 p .m. at N a t i v i t y School Auditor ium, on G ay l ey Streetb e t w e e n Fra n k l i n a n d J e f f e rs o n , M o n d a y .

D i d y ou k n o w t h a t 3 per c e n t of the A m er i c an p eop l egive 100 per cent of the blood f r ee l y d ona t ed .

A c c or d i ng t o t h e R ed C ro ss , g i v i ng blood is an easy job .Y o u h a rd l y feel i t — but yo u do feel a t re m e n d o u ssat i sfac t ion k n o w i n g t h a t yo u have helped up to f ive otherp e r s ons live with jus t o n e d o n a t i o n .

C al l M ed i a R ed C r os s o f f i c e at LO 6-4580 for ana ppo i n t m e n t to "lie down a n d b e c o u n t e d " o n M o n d a y o rc o m e on i n t o t h e B l ood m obi l e a n y t i m e dur ing th e day .

Aston

T he Aston Senior C i t i z e n s ar e h a v i n g a ba l l everyT u e s d a y at the Nutr i t ion C e n t e r , 9 t h and Booth Sts.,Chester .

T he r e is a f ree b us t h a t wil l pick up a n y o n e w ho w a n t sto attend but you h a v e to call 891-2892 fo r reservat ions .

Sadie K i n n a m o n s a y s they are real ly enjoy ing th e da yat the Center and have lots o f ro o m o n t h e bus. So calla n d c o m e o n down and s ee f o r yoursel f . S ad i e w ou l d n ' tk id you, would she?

ConcordT he C o n c o r d A r e a Jaycees were h os t to n i n e b o y s f rom

th e D e l a w a r e County Children's C ot t ag e , L i m a o n ahs h i ng ou t i ng a t Newl in Grist Mill o n B a l t i m o re P i k e ,Concordvi l le las t w e e k .

A c c o rd i n g t o J o h n W . .C a k h v e l l J a y c e e p r e s i d e n t th eb o y s e n jo y e d th e t ro u t f ishing, a t o t a l o f 4 4 w e r e caught .

A c ookou t followed th e f ishing a n d se v e ra l c ha p t e rmembers pa r t i c i pa t e d .

D w i g h t Smith, J a y c e e pro je c t c h a i r m a n sa id this is o n eo f several projects which the Concord Jaycees annuallyrun to b e n e f i t , chi ldren in our local c om m u ni t y . "This isc o n s i s t e n t w i t h th e Jaycee purpose o f personal develop-m e n t for i t s m e m b e rs t h ro u g h c om m u ni t y service, '1

h econcluded.

Swarthmore

N i n e - y e a r - o l d A m y Paradine, d a u g h t e r o f D r . Joseph J.Paradine, r ec en t l y pl a y e d the role of Oliver in th eSurfi ight T h e a t e r p r od u c t i on o f t h e m u si c a l "Oliver" inB e a c h H a v e n , N.J .

Surf i ight is a well established professional summertheater which occasionally a u d i t i o n s local chi ldren fo rm i n o r parts, b ut th is i s the first t i m e a n a m a t e u r ha sbeen selected for a pr i n c i pa l role. T h e p l a y ra n f o r o n ew e e k .

W a y n eV i l l anov a U n i v er s i t y h as a n n o u n c e d it s fa l l semester fo r

pa r t - t i m e u n d e rg ra d u a t e s .Classes will beg i n Sept 12 . R e g i s t ra t i o n will b e f rom 5

to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7 , in B a r t l e y H al l on V i l l anov a ' scampus. "

Students m a y t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f v e t e ra n s b e n e f i t s ,d e f e r r e d p a y m e n t p la ns , a n d free tuition fo r seniorc i t i zens (6 5 y e a r s a n d o v e r ) .

Course cata logs, r e g i s t r a t i on f o r m s , an d o t h e r in -f o r m at i on o n t h e fa l l semester o r part- t ime educat ion a tV i l l a n o v a m a y b e o b t a i n e d .b y w ri t i n g C h a r l e s P .B ru d e r l y , D ean , U n i v er s i t y C o l l eg e , Vil l anova U n i v e rs i t y ,V i l l anov a , P a . 19085, or by call ing 527-2100 Ext. 406.

ThornburyC h e y n e y State College will b e g i n i t s new school year

A ue 29 Orientat ion for new facul ty m e m b e r s wil l b e 9a rn i n the L o g a n A n n e x on the c a mp u s . ' A n all-collegeassembly is scheduled for 10 a . m . at the M a r i a n A n d e rso nMusic Complex.

Regular semester r e g i s t r a t i on fo r classes will b e 9 a.m.to 4 p .m. Aug. 3 0 and Aug. 31 in the C ope Hall

g y mna s i u m.Classes will begin on Sept . 1.S o ph o m o re , j u n i o r an d senior students a t C h e y n e y w ho

wish to pre- register for courses i n the Fall s e me s t e r m ayd o s o 9 a .m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 23-26 in B i d d l e H a l l .

N e w f o w nSi x students , tw o teachers and a f r i e n d o f D e la w a r e

C o u n t y Christ i an School , Mal in R o a d , ar e now on a four-w e e k t ou r o f G e r m a n y , S w i t z e r l a n d a n d A u st r i a .

T h e g ro u p l e f t th e States o n Aug. 4 a n d will re turn Sept.2. Their main object ives will be to see how the G e r m a n sl ive and to b e c o m e more a c c u s t ome d to the i r l a n g u a g ew a s well , as v isi t small t o w n s a n d o b se rv e C h r i s t i anmission w or k there.

T he tour group i n c l u d e s C r y s t a l S c h w a r t z , G e rm a ninstructor, Suzanne Sink , 3rd grade teacher, Terry Price,N a n c y Mills, D o n n a Fuchs, D a v e H u s m a n n a n d D a nBurge, al l students, a n d B o b R oy s t on of W e s t C h e s t e rState College . ' •

T h e y will travel in a V ol ks w ag en v a n a n d stay incampgrounds an d y o u t h hostels. Such m a j o r ci t ies asF r a n k f u r t , K o l n , H e i d le be r g , Z u r i c h , Switzerland ,S a lz bu r g A u s t r i a , M u ni c h and R od en t a l , h o m e of theH u m m e l f a c t o r y , will all be visi ted by the group.

B y M A R L E NE D i G I A C O M O

Dai ly Times Staff Writer

MEDI A C O U R T H O U S E - De-laware County President JudgeFrancis J. C a t a n i a ha s denied ane w trial for a Collingdale man,wh o claimed he did notparticipate or have anyknowledge of the 1972 beating —whi ch l e f t a 17-year-old bo ypermanently brain-damaged.

Judge Catan ia in an eight-pagedecision has turned thumbs downon a request by W a y n e A.Lochman of Collingdale to re-consider his 1973 conviction onassault an d battery charges.

Lochman , who has mainta inedhi s innocence for the past f i v eyears, sa id Thursday he was"surprised by the judge's de-cision.

"I don't know how he couldhave possibly denied it. I willcertain appeal because it'swrong."

Marp/e Jayceestoaid Johnstown

M A R P L E — The Marple

Newtown Jaycees have a plan toai d Johnstown Flood victims.They will set up collection sitesfo r gathering of no n perishableitems, canned goods, cleaningsupplies, disposable diapers,mops, etc. 9:30 a.m to 4 p.m.Saturday .

A nyone wishing to contribute tothis worthy cause ca n drop of fitems at the Newtown Squareshopping center, ° Two Guysshopping center, near glass re-cycling unit, Pathmark storeLawr ence Road, Brpomall, an dPantry Pride store in LawrenceP ar k shopping center. TheJay c ees ar e trying to acquire atruck to drive the items toJohnstown .

Sun Ship criticized

CHESTER - The Sun Ship-building & Dry Dock Co. was citedThursday fo r f a i l i n g to provideadequate rail ings in a ship's hull

where a young welder fell to herdeath in June, federal inspectorssaid.

Inspectors f r o m the federalOccupational Safety an d HealthAdministration issued a separate12-page citation that f o u n d 59other alleged safety violations onthe hull in which Janet Sloan, 22,had worked.

CountianContinued f r om Page 1wh y Glassman eventuallysuspected him as the sender isunclear.

LAST weekend while Glassmanand his parents, wh o were intown for Glassman's graduationfrom Mother Seton College nurs-ing school, were sleeping,garbage reportedly containing .44caliber bullets, was set on f i r e in

- f r o n t o f Glassman's apartmentdoor.

A f t e r the f i r e , the last "kill"letter was received.

Son of Sam's victims all wereshot with a ,44-caliber gun.

Several of them were females,young and had l ong brown hair .

Whether "Mac" Glassmanever feared the alleged sender ofher husband's poison pen lettersis no t know n because she, un-ders tandably , wants to avoidpublicity. However, the 28-year-ol d former Upper Darby residentha s shiny, brown waist-lengthhair.

LOCHMAN, who is now re-presented by attorney A n t h o n yList, ha s been in D e l a w a r eCounty Prison, Thurnbury , s incebe ing sentenced by Judge Cataniain 1 9 7 3 .

Lochman contended in his peti-t ion that he received i n e f f e c t i v e

counsel f r o m attorney R i c h a r dAnderson, wh o handled the de-f e n s e . He also claims the statewithheld e vidence.

Lochman charged hi s f i r s t at -torney erred , in his d e f e n s e onseveral grounds, i n c l u d i n g f a i l u r eto present alibi witnesses an d . n o tsecuring tes t imony or o t h e revidence to show the d e f e n d a n twas not a m e m b e r of the W a r l o c kMotorcycle Club.

Lochman was convicted in De-laware C o u n t y C o u r t in 1973 f o rhi s alleged part in the b e a t i n g ofD a n n y Centrone, who was at -tacked by about 20 members ofth e Warlocks Motorcycle C l u b .

LOCHMAN was charged along

with two admitted members ofth e Warlocks , Wil l iam Franchi ,2 5 , of Upper Darby , an d R o b e r tMcCabe, 2 4 , o f N o r w o o d .

A ll were convicted by a juryan d sentenced to serve seven to14 years in prison.

L o c h m a n contended in his p e t i -

t ion for a new trial that f i v e a l i b iwitnesses wh o could be calledwere not , i n c l u d i n g a "crucial"witnessCar men Delia Polla.

Delia Polla, 4 2 , o f R i d l e yTownsh ip, owner of the BelvedereC a f e in Collingdale, t e s t i f i e d atth e March hear ing that he sawLochman in his es tabl ishmentabout th e same time th e b e a t i n gtook place.

However, in his decision deny-in g a new trial fo r L o c h m a n ,Judge Catania sa id he did not seean y "value" in Delia Polla'sstatement since "..-.it does notaccount for the t ime in which theactua l b e a t i n g took place..."

The jurist explained Delia

Polla's t es t i mony " did' not addanyth ing to the" case, but wasmerely "cumulative" since otherwitnesses who did t e s t i f y at thet r i al placed th e d e f e n d a n t at theBelvedere C a f e about the time ofthe beat ing.

JUDGE Catania sa id the " juryd i i d no t chose to believe them.. ."He added in his ruling ma t

whether Lochman was or was no ta Warlock was not at issue.

".. .The issue at the t ime of thetrial was whether or not thepetitioner ( L o c h m a n ) wa s pre-sent at the scene of the beat ing.Three eyewitnesses positivelyi d e n t i f i e d the peti t ioner as b e i n gat the scene. The issue was notth e peti t ioner ' s membership inthe Warlocks, bu t rather hi spresence at the scene."

Judge C a t a n i a also noted hewas dismissing Lochman' s peti-t i o n because the d e f e n d a n t "-received consti tutionally e f f e c t i v e

• representat i ion .

By NANCY J. HOLTDally TimesStaff Writer

S P R I N G F I E L D — A l t h ou g h C e n t ra lE l e m e n t a r y School ha s be e n closed foralmost tw o months, th e q u e s t i o n o f w h a tdo with th e building at Saxer Ave. an dPow e l l R o a d is still an open one .

T u e sd a y night t h e t ow ns h i p c om -mi s s i one r s moved to put the ques t ion o nth e b a l i o t in the N o v . 7 e l e c t i o n . F ou r o fth e se v e n c om m i s s i oner s v o t ed in f a v o r o fth e r e f e r e n d u m , o n e a b s t a i n e d and t w ow e re n o t pre se n t .

I n t h e p a s t tw o m o n t h s , there h a s b e e ntalk of r a z i ng t he school to use the groundfo r a re c re a t i o n a l area. S ome ha v e sug-gested i t be converted into a c o m m u n i t yrecreational center. T h e school b o a r dseems to f a v o r r az i ng the bui ld ing whiles ome c om mi s s ione r s w a n t to r e f u r b i s h it .

T H E T O W N S H I P has: b e e n g ra n t e d$10,000 in federal funds for the exter iorp r e s e r v a t i on of the school , a c c o rd i n g toStanley Glowacki , p r o g r a m m a n a g e r f o rth e U.S. D ep ar t m ent o f H ou s i ng andU r b a n D e v e l o p m e n t in P h i l a d e l ph i a .

In th e m e a n t i m e , th e school boa r d i sa w a i t i n g a writ ten re po r t f rom t h e C e n t ra lSchool S t u d y C om m i s s i on w h i c h w asf or m ed i n March to m a k e r e c o m m e n d a -t ions for the school 's future .

S o m e c o m m i ss i o n e rs sa y there ha s b e e ntalk b e t w e e n t h e school b o a r d an d localoff ic ia l s a b o u t t h e t o w n sh i p leasing th eschool for a t w o- y ear tr ial p e r i o d as ar e c r e a t i ona l center.

Will th e township l e a s e th e bui ld ing?Will i t use the HUD funds? Wil l the schoolb e r a z e d ? Will i t be c onv e r t e d into arecreational center? D o e s th e t ow ns h i phave the legal r ight to put a r e f e r e n d u m

r e g a r d i ng the school dist r ict on the bal lot?

BU T C E N T R A L School i s the propertyo f the school board. W o n ' t th e b o a r d dow h a t it w a n t s with th e bui ld ing? W h y p u tthe quest ion to the voters?

"That's a good q u e s t i o n , " s a i d R e-publican C om m i s s i oner Frank M u st a row ho voted in f a v o r of the r e f e r e n d u m ."W ell , I th ink there a re pe o pl e w h o a revery vocal . I th ink t he r e a r e p e op le w ho

are against spending m o n e y a n d peoplefo r s p end i ng m oney . A nd t h i s will settleth e whole th ing .

" E v e r y o n e will get to express t h e i rop inion . B u t m ay be t h e idea ( f o r ' there f e re n d u m ) w a s ha s t y . B u t t ha t c a n bec h a n g e d . "

Mustaro doesn ' t t h i n k it p r a c t i c a l torefurbish th e bui ld ing ev en with H U Dfunds .

"IT'S N O T feas ible to r e f u r b i s h , " hesa i d . " E v e n with t h e H U D m o n e y , yo u stillh a v e th e cost o f m a i n t e n a n c e .. "The bulk of the c o m m i ss i o n e rs ' areagainst spending an y m o n e y fo r it," hes a i d .

B o a rd President R u sse l l G ra m i a k f av or susing the school as a c ommu ni t y centerfo r a two-year tr ial pe r i o d .

" I would l ike to t ry to open the school upfo r a t w o- y ear period as a r e c r e a t i oncenter fo r y o u n g people an d se n i o rcitizens. W i t h i n tw o years we'll k n o w i fit 'll w or k o ut o r not.

"If the b o a r d • (of c o m m i ss i o n e rs ) d e -cides t o g o a h e a d with th e pro je c t , th esc h o o l b o a rd has sa id 'we'll lease it.' "

A sk e d w h y t h e c ommi s s i one r s mov e d toput the Centra l School qu es t i on to thevoters, he s a i d : "It's kind o f s i lly . I d o n ' tk n o w . N o m a t t e r h o w t h e v o t i n g goes it'sn o t m a n d a t o ry t o a c t o n a re f e re n d u m ."

G R A M I A K , a D e m o c ra t , a b s t a i n e d o nth e re f e re n d u m vote .

School b o a r d member Patricia Millersaid tha t i t Jias been "the b o a r d ' s feel ingal l a l o n g to have the bui ld ing razed." Sh ea d d e d t h a t the study c o m m i t t e e h a dc o n t a c t e d a t l e a s t 25 c o m m u n i t y groups tosee i f they had use for the bu ilding .

" T he y p r e t t y much d o n ' t ne e d i t f o rm e e t i n g s p a c e a n d they ha d very li ttle

m o n e y . T h e b o a rd ' s n o t going to t u r n th ebu i l d i ng o v e r to so m e o n e with on l y $5 0 i n ab a n k a c c ou n t , " s he s a i d .

Ms . Miller quest ioned t h e t o w n sh i p ' sright to conduct a re ferendum on schoolp r op e r t y .

School board sol ic i tor B a r r y G i b b o n s i sn o t sure i f the township has the legal r ightto put the quest ion on thetoal lot .

"W h e t h e r th e t ow ns h i p h a s t h e po w e r , Id o n ' t k n o w ." h e s a i d .

Chester employes protest workload

We/farBy BONNIE BALDWINDaily Times Staff Writer

CHESTER — Caseworkers atthe state Depar tment of PublicAss is tance (DPA) o f f i c e at 12than d Crosby Sts. walked off thejo b after lunch Thursday pro-testing ' the sta te legislatu re'sfailure to approve a new statebudget.

T he walkout, supported by thePennsylvania Social ServicesU nion (PSSU), was repeated inPhi lade lph ia , Chester an dMontgomery Counties. BucksCounty workers remained on thejob.

Th e morning ha d been an un -usually d i f f i c u l t , emotional on ef o r workers at the Chester o f f i c e ,shop steward San dy Steuben said.

It was pay day, bu t there wereno checks. Fourteen workers ha dexpected to be laid o f f at the endof the day , bu t then Gov. MiltonJ. Shapp at the last minutedelayed the furloughs fo r another

tw o weeks.WO RK was pil ing up with no

end in sight as the workers tr iedto process emergency f o o dstamps fo r welfare recipients wh oare receiving no checks whilelegislators in Harr i sburg batt l eover a new budget.

"A t lunch we went out in theparking lot and shouted at eachother until we decided to go out,"Ms. Steuben summed up theworkers' f r u s t r a t i o n and im-promptu decision.

"This m o r n i n g I processed 15applications," Kimberly Keegan ,caseworker, explained. "Five isth e normal number for one day ."

"We've just been runni ng. Ac o f f e e break is a dash past thec o f f e e machine ," anothercaseworker, S teve Drenn an,added.

Th e number of pickets grewduring th e a f t e r n o o n as moreunion members l e f t their desks tocarry signs urgi ng legislators .topass the budget.

MS. STEUBEN said only f o u rPSSU members remained in themain Chester o f f i c e by 3 p.m.Three or four caseworkers from

th e Upper Darby o f f i c e l e f t tosupport the Chester workers, bu tno workers l e f t the DPA o f f i c e at

7thandSpr oulSts.Ji m G i l l , shop steward at Up-

per D a r b y was one of the workersto come to the support of Chesterstrikers, explained that th e UpperD a r b y s i tuat ion is qui te d i f f e r e n tf r o m the Chester o f f i c e .

T he Chester o f f i c e has had tohandle more people seeking thespend f o o d stamp vouchers, hesa id. The f o o d stamps ar e no thandled at the 7th and Sproulo f f i c e either.

"They're being asked to worktheir buts off for no pay and the irreward is going to be being laido f f , " G i l l sa id .

ALTHOUGH workers wh os tayed on the job c o n t i n u e d toprocess people as quickly as theycould, those welfare recipientswh o were delayed were quick torally to the support of the

workers ."This (budget tie-up) could

have been avoided," one reci-pient, Glenda Herring, 23, ofChester, charged.

"We're going to stay here u n t i lthey pass of budget," ' DoloresPrendergast , 34 , added. Otheragreed, but one pregnant womansaid she was too hungry to s tandup. She was going home.

"We don ' t f e e l it is theworkers' fault," Josephine Hood,2 8 , said. "The legislature is try -in g to drive us and the workersi n t o the ground."

DELAWARE County D PA ex-ecutive director Julia Rich wasalso sympathetic toward theworkers' cause.

"It has been frenzied in here, "sh e agreed. "If the state passed abudget I would be ecstatic."

"It's been very d i f f i c u l t for theworkers to be bounced back andf or th , " added Joyce Kane, socialservices director.

"First they h ear they're goingto be l a id of f ; They clear theirdesks, an d then they 're back to

wor k . It's d i f f i c u l t to adjus t yourl i f e l ike that , " sh e said.