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Commandment 8-a. In Levittown, Pa., thefts of top soil from the grounds of the Hope Lutheran Church stopped after the Rev. Charles L. Ertman posted a sign reading: THOU SHALT NOT STEAL CHURCH TOP SOIL...
...grew out to the Shall-cross-Roberts house; the three acres remaining of the farm were almost surrounded by new row houses. The Robertses stubbornly refused to sell. Last year the itch for modernity got the better of grandson William I. Roberts III - he bought a new house in Levittown, Pa. and moved out with his son William I. Roberts IV. The old place seemed empty. Last week Owner Roberts, now 74, finally sold out for a "price that would knock your hat in the creek...
...life, suave, curly-haired Eugene J. Carroll, 26, of Levittown, L.I., has been "looking for excitement." He started out to be a doctor, but quit after two years' pre-med at Brooklyn's St. John's University because it was "too drab." Finally, five years ago, Carroll found a career that suited him just fine. It took him to some of the top universities of the East...
...election day this had an effect. Republicans won all of the county contests, but they suffered an average 11% reduction in pluralities. Levittown, with 17,000 middle-class homes and a record of going 65% for the national Republican ticket in 1952, went Democratic...
Throughout the valley, signs of boom are evident: small groceries putting on new fronts, new schools and churches, retail stores opening branches (e.g., Wanamaker's and Sears), housing developments like Levittown, Pa. (pop. 16,000). To supply power for all this new activity, Philadelphia Electric is in the midst of a $365 million expansion program. Said New Jersey's Governor Alfred Driscoll: "The valley represents opportunity unlimited...