Philadelphia Daily News from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 8

1 8 Wednesday, January 25. 1978 Philadelphia Daily News Mod Democratise By STEPHAN ROSENFELD andKITKONOLIGE Convicted former State Sen. Henry J. (Buddy) Cianfrani played, stand-up comic yesterday and vowed to support his handpieked successor, Vincent Fumo, from, behind bars if necessary. "I'll be working for him from lenwood," joked Cianfrani, who faces a stiff prison term when he is sentenced next month on -106 federal mail fraud and obstruction of TEN WARD leaders will work for Fumo in the 1st Senatorial District in the March 21 special election, said Cianfrani Despite initial opposition to Fumo Pi PTuxowftY by Jouph J.

McGu Firemen inspect burned-out tank truck after 1-95 crash LJtr-SfNI 1-95 Crash Forces School Evacuation from half the district's ward leaders, the Democratic caucus, under Cianfrani's chairmanship, yesterday endorsed Fumo, a former Rizzo administration foe, after a closed two-hour meeting at Democratic City Committee headquarters. Asked later if any deals had per- suaded Fumo's opponents to join ranks behind him, Cianfrani joked that the only option he offered was to have someone take his expected place in prison, allowing him to take back the seat. "There were.no takers," he said. Fumo, 34, is leader of South Philadelphia's Ward 39A. Cianfrani also announced he would support Joseph Vfgnola, his nephew, to take his place as 2d Ward leader if he is sent to prison.

TO CHALLENGE FUMO in the Tacony. UPON IMPACT, THE OIL caught fire. Some of it leaked from the truck. Police evacuated some 100 students from the nearby Nazareth Elementary School and detoured traffic in both directions for an hour while firemen extinguished the blaze. The Amtrak line which parallels I-9S was closed for a half-hour.

Brennan, of the 9200 block of Germahia Torresdale, was treated for minor injuries at Frankford Hospital, Torresdale Division. An auto and a truck loaded with 2,500 gat-Ions of fuel oil collided on the northbound lanes of 1-95 above the Grant Ave. overpass yesterday morning, causing evacuation of a nearby school, a temporary closing of the highway and interruption of service on Am-Irak's Philadelphia-New York line. Police said the accident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. when a car operated by Joseph Brennan, 28, struck a parked tow truck, bounced off and hit the oil truck, driven by Fred Hatch, 37, of the 4600 block of James 1 Hatch MOVE Bomb Plot Charged By JIM SMITH and KITTY CAPARELLA More than seven months before last May's armed confrontation with police, members of the radical group MOVE plotted to blow up embassies in Western Europe and VS.

hotels and apartment houses in a "national bomb threat and extortion scheme," a jury was told here yesterday. The charges were made by Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Durant in his opening address at the federal special election, the Republicans yesterday selected Suzanne Haney, a social worker who ran unsuccessfully against Cianfrani in 1976. The. politicking over Cianfrani's successor was tame compared to the battle for the parry endorsement for the 36th Senatorial District, where-Louis Hill resigned to become a municipal judge.

The full City Committee endorsed Thomas McCormack, who is backed by City Councilman Al Pearlman, even though he failed to receive the required five votes from among the district's eight ward leaders. Edward Lee and Miriam Gafni, who each received one vote in the ward-leader caucus, charged party, rules were violated by having the City Committe settle the dispute. MRS. GAFNI said she would run as an independent in the special election. The Republican caucus endorsed to get "bazookas and ON JULY 21 with Glassey's help, federal agents found a cache of weapons and explosives at 7543 Woolston St.

in Mount Airy, the attorney said. Confiscated were 10 high-powered rifles, 20 pounds of gunpowder, chemicals to make TNT, newspaper articles about MOVE, and books on silencers, anarchy and sabotage. In the explosives section in a chemical encyclopedia, authorities said, they found Sanders' fingerprints. Durant promised to show the jury a videotape of 24 seized bombs being detonated. On July 21.

agents took movies of Glassey, who was wearing a transmitter, meeting with Howard in Fair-mount Park. Durant quoted Howard as telling Glassey. The big booms, they're mine, mine and Sam's." In a July 28 meeting, Durant said, Continued on Page SI VS. DISTRICT JUDGE Clifford Scott Green ignored the standing defendant while Durant described MOVE'S bomb factory at 3439 Lancaster where a Philadelphia detec-tivejsaid he had found a list of explosives, formulas for explosives, wind-up clocks and addresses of U.N. of flees last June 2.

"This is the same place where they made the bombs," Durant said. Soon after Glassey was arrested June 3 on drug charges and for using false identification to buy 150 rounds of ammunition and two shotguns, the former social worker apparently began cooperating with police Durant said informant Glassey met MOVE co-founder Vince Leaphart, alias John Africa, inside a Parrish St. garage in June while Sanders and Howard were present He said Leap-hart told Glassey MOVE had "a whole bunch of bombs" and asked Glassey Vincent Fumo: Cianfrani's choice attorney Philip Price Jr. for that Northwest Philadelphia district The Democratic City Committee also overwhelmingly endorsed Thomas Leonard, the city's register of wills, for lieutenant governor. Former committee Chairman Pete Camiel surprised the ward leaders by nominating former Secretary of State C.

DeLores Tucker for the post, but she got little support. Candidate Sues to Halt Special Vote Dr. Paul P. Slawek, a candidate for the State Senate seat in the 36th District, filed suit in Commonwealth Court yesterday to void the special (election scheduled for March 21 and have it combined with the primary election to be held May 16. will be a "hardship and burden" on the taxpayers.

He also declares that it favors candidates slated by the two major parties, since everyone including himself, has to file nominating petitions with 952 signatures. The signatures must be collected in a 10-day period ending Jan. 31, which creates a "severe hardship" for independent candidates, he claims. A smaller number of signatures is needed for the regular primary election. Dr.

Slawek is running for the seat vacated when Sen. Louis G. Hill was elected a municipal judge. The special election also will fill the seat vacated in the 1st District by Henry J. (Buddy) Cianfrani.

Turkish Turmoil Explodes ISTANBUL (UPI) One person was killed and six injured yesterday in a continuing wave of political violence, police reported. Ome hundred fifty students were arrested for staging an illegal march in Erzerum, bombs damaged a rightist association building and rscnobl in Ankara, and gunmen robbed, a bank in Ailjina weapons trial or MOVE members Sam Sanders, 25, of Broad St. near Susquehanna and Greg Howard, who lists his address as "wherever." Both use the surname "Africa." Durant said star Drosecntion wit 7 Shapp Regrets Pulling a Fast One then walked quickly back to his car. ness Donald Glas- Glassey sey. MOVE founder-turned-govern-ment informant, "will tell you" he went to Chicago in early November 1976 to get Howard a hotel room "so Howard can plant bomb threats." Glassey.

31. of 8000 block of Mars Place, also rented a room at the Ben Franklin Motor Inn in Philadelphia where Sanders could plant bomb threats, Durant said. Glassey is expected to testify later today. Durant told the jury Sanders had confessed to government agents, after he was arrested in a weapons raid' Sept. 2.

But Sanders stood up and, in a low voice, said. "That's a lie." HARRISBURG (UPI) Gov. Shapp admits he made a mistake in not insisting that he be ticketed by a state trooper who stopped his official car following a ISmile, 90-MPH chase down the Pennsylvania Turnpike Monday. "1 think we should have been ticketed," Shapp said. "I think there would have been a ticket issued to anyone else under similar circumstances.

"But the patrolling trooper was very "angry ftMitopped nisjvhe governor said. "He said he had been pursuing us at high speed and had risked his own life. He "WHAT I SHOULD HAVE said is, 'Give us a ticket anyway," Shapp said. Under the Pennsylvania code, a motorist convicted of driving 90 MPH would pay a $105 fine. Shapp said he had left his Merion, Montgomery County, home in plenty of time to reach Harrisburg for an 11 a.m.

press ference. "But between Merion and Valley Forge, we stopped in heavy traffic several times and I helped push motorists out of the snow." Fast Milton: an edfWrtaTOB H. Shapp.