The Conshohocken Recorder, December 26, 1963

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D. A. Sees Similarities In Plymouth Murder Case
Two sets of .22-caliber bullets
will be examined today by Federal
Bureau of Investigation ballistic
experts in Washington, D.C.
One set was taken from the body
of Anthony S. Scoma, a 57-year-old
tire dealer who was found murder-ed
in the kitchen of his home at 641
Germantown Pk., Plymouth Town-ship,
on Saturday night.
The other set was taken!rom the
bodies of Joseph Llcata, 72, and his
wife Katherme, 72, who were mur-dered
in their Norristown home at
203 E. Fornance St. in 1961.
Montgomery County District At-torney
Richard S. Lowe believes
that the ballistic experts will come
up with evidence to link the two
murders.
"There are a lot of similarities
between the two cases which lead
us to believe that they were prob-ably
perpetrated by the same per-son,"
Lowe said.
Lowe apparently jyas referring
to the fact that Scoma had recently
moved to Plymoutn Township from
1432 Arch St., Norristown, a half
block from the former Llcata home.
Also, Scoma was friendly with the
Licatas and they had many mutual
friends and other acquaintances.
Both Scoma and the Licatas were
natives of Sclaccia, Sicily.
It was reported that a.22-callber
weapon was used in both cases.
The points of entry of the bullets
In both slaylngs were similar,
Lowe said. The Licatas had also
been shot in the temple, and one
had been shot in the back and the
other in the stomach.
Scoma's body was found at 9 p.m.
Saturday night by his wife,
Frances, when she returned from a
shopping trip with their son, Harry,
and his wife. There are three other
sons, Salvatore, Joseph and Augus-tine.
Dr. John C. Simpson, Montgom-ery
County coroner, said an autop-sy
showed Scoma had been shot
three times in the head and once
in the back. One bullet passed
through his head and another ap-parently
missed.
Scoma's funeral will be tomor-row
at 8.
Solemn Requiem Mass will be
offered at 9 a.m. at the Holy
Savior Church, and Interment will
be In St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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Lavino Union Failed To
Get 'Steel Package9Contract
Ralph R. Rhodes, general mana-ger
of E. J. Lavino and Co., Ply-mouth
Meeting, today said that the
company will be back In production
by Monday.
The announcement came after
480 production workers from
Steelworkers Local 3216 returned
to work Monday, ending a 15-week
strike against the firm.
The new 35-month contract
grants a five cent an hour increase
and additional insurance fringe
benefits for the first year, an eight
cent an hour increase during the
second year and seven cents for the
third year.
The strikers were apparently
unsuccessful in their attempts to
get the "steel package" contract
they were shooting for. This would
have included a 13-week vacation
once every five years for the top
'.alf of seniority workers. The
"Steel package" measures that
were achieved are a one thousand
dollar increase in life insurance
and additional hospitalization ben-efits.
"I can't imagine what the pro-duction
workers gained by their
15-week strike," Rhodes said.
Hill Hospita
Treated By
Visiting Choirs
Chestnut Hill Hospital, 8855
Germantown Ave., celebrated the
Christmas season with decorations
and festivities.
An innovation this year was a
door decoration contest, sponsored
by theStudentNurses' Government,
in the three nurses' residences:
Laughlln Hall, Disston House, and
the Annex. Judges were: J. Don
. Miller, administrator, John Gold-en,
personnel manager, Mrs.
Charlotte Ann Harris and Miss
Sylvia A. Dougherty, Instructors,
School of Nursing, and Mrs. Doro-thy
Rlggs,Secretary, K irsingEdu-cation
Office.
Almost every day, starting about
ten days before Christmas, a dif-ferent
group sang carols through-out
the hospital. These included:
The Sprinside School, Chestnut
Hill CoUege, The hospital's own
student nurses, Girl Scout Cadets
from Wyndmoor, Members of Our
Mother of Consolation Church
choir, McNeil Laboratories, Youth
Group of the Church of the Atone-ment
in Germantown.
Highlight of the festivities was
the employees' party, a hospital
tradition, held at noon in the cafe-teria.
Joseph A. Splendldo, M.D.,
arrived in the cafeteria in a "mail-ster"
car, his substitute for a
sleigh and reindeer, and proceeded
to distribute presents for all em-ployees
provided through the gen-erosity
of the hospital's Auxiliary.
"It certainly hurt the company.
We lost customers as well as
money. We won't know exactly how
many customers we've lost until
we go back into production this
Monday."
Lee Republic
SaleApproved
Lee Rubber & Tire Corporation
today announced completion of the
sale of Its Republic Rubber Divi-sion,
Youngstown, Ohio, to Aero-qulp
Corporation, Jackson, Michi-gan,
for an estimated $5,500,000.
By terms of the agreement,
Aeroquip paid Lee $3,450,000 for
land, buildings, machinery and
equipment of the plant which pro-duces
a variety of hose, belting
and molded rubber goods almost
all used for industrial applica-tion.
Aeroquip, a large manufac-turer
of couplings, hose assem-blies
and other related products,
also bought Inventories, deposits,
advances, patents, trademarks and
list of customers for an estimated
$2,000,OOQV
Sale^ot the assets (except re-ceivables)
of the division was ap-proved
by Lee stockholders at a
special meeting December 17 when
686,024 shares voted for approval
with only 2,171 opposed.
The agreement of sale was
reached October 31, after work-ers
on strike at Republic since
August 6 had accepted a temporary
settlement.
MISS PATRICIA TRAVAGLINE,
daughter of Mrs. Anthony
Travagline, 225 E. 11th Ave., and
the late Mr. Travagline, is Miss
Quaker of 1964. She was chosen
at the annual Christmas party of
Quaker Chemical Products Corp.,
Dec. 13,attheWhltemarshCountry
Club. Miss Travagline Is a 1960
graduate of St. Matthew's High
School.
Jeanes Gets State Aid Check
The William Jeanes Memorial
Library in Plymouth Meeting has,
under terms of an agreement upon
which it accepted state aid, become
a Whitemarsh Township Library.
Jeanes was the recipient last
week of a check for $1,229.00 from
the State of Pennsylvania.
"We are pleased that we were
able to qualify for state aid," said
Mrs. Paul Tapley, Chairman of the
library Board. "We need all the
help we can get in trying to satisfy
the needs of our community."
There are a number of qualifica-tions
and standards to be met be-
Happy New Year
From
THE RECORDER
Colts And Jays Continue
Biddy Loop Win Streaks
In action Saturday at the Ply-mouth
- Whitemarsh junior High
gym, the Jays and Colts of the
Whitemarsh Township Biddy Bas-ketball
League continued their win-ning
streaks to lead their divisions
in regular league play.'
In Division One, the Jays routed
the Hawks, 51-16. Bill McCorrls-tan
had 20 points to lead the Jays.
Bob Bonkoski was high with four
for the Hawks.
The Colts were 44-23 victors
over the Rams who hold down the
number two spot in Division One.
John Rosa led the colts with 14
points while Rick Schindler had
eight for the Rams.
Other action saw the Owls out-class
the Tigers 39-11 with Jimmy
Graham getting 15 while Craig
Hunter and Trevor Swan each had
four for the Tigers.
The Cubs beat the Eagles 45-30
in another Division Two game.
David Harper had 14 and Gary
Mitchell ten for the Cubs while
Bill Totten and Jim Hyllnskl each
had seven for the Eagles.
The final game saw the Cards
beat the Bears 42-36 as Mark
Hutchlnson and Ed Bogle each had
12 for the winners. Mike Levy had
nine and David Herr eight for the
losers.
No games are scheduled for
this Saturday, but the schedule
resumes Sat. Jan. 4.
Training Grad
MARINE PRIVATE Ralph J.
Brown, son of Mrs. Albert Russo
of 4139 Twynnwood rd., Lafayette
Hill, completed recruit training
Nov. 19 at the Marine Corps Re-
| crult Depot, Parris Island, S.C.
fore getting state aid.
First, a local library, whether
privately or publicly supported,
must be a free library - that is, it
must serve, free of charge, all
those in the community for which
Its board is responsible. A spokes-man
said the Board, soon to add two
Whitemarsh Township members,
is now responsible to the White-marsh
community.
Second, its budget must be equal
to one dollar per community capita,
or one-half mill times the value of
the community's taxable property.
This value is determined by the
Pennsylvania State Tax Equaliza-tion
Board, whose evaluations are
also used to determine school
taxes.
Third, a library must submit to
the state, and await its approval,
a plan for the use of such aid.
Furthermore, In order to quali-fy
over the years, certain addition-al
standards have been set. A
library must meet the minimum
standards of system participation.
This means it must cooperate in
its area system of interlibrary
loans; it must have ahead librarian
who has professional rating in ac-cordance
with the State Library
Code. There are standards to be
met also in the acquisition of new
books and in the systematic clear-ing
out of obsolete ones. Reference
services must be arranged for
maximum use and convenience.
Last, a library must double the
minimum required budget within
five years if it hopes for continued
aid after that time.
"It is interesting," commented
Mrs. Tapley, "that so many people
react to the Idea of state aid with
the fear that the state will, by this
means, try to run the library.
Fortunately, this is not true. We
do have to submit a plan for using
this money, and, if we do not spend
our total budget, we have to return
to the state a proportional amount.
But these are reasonable rules and
do not interfere with the authority
of the local library board."
The Library has informed Ply-mouth
Township residents, whose
officials chose not to support the
library with a tax referendum,
that a charge of $5 per year
will be in force for 1964. The
$5 is a family membership.
Local Marine Sgt.
In Kennedy Rites
Marine Sergeant Mario J.
Silvestrinl, son of Mrs. Stella
Silvestrlni of 118 West Ninth Ave.,
Conshohocken, stationed at the
Marine Barracks, Eighth and I
Streets, S. E., Washington, D. C,
paid final tribute to the late
President by active participation
in the state funeral conducted Nov.
23 through 25.
The Marine honor company was
accorded the place of honor,
directly preceding the caisson in
the main funeral procession on
Nov. 25.