Word: levittown
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often erupted in name calling, fistfights, occasional stabbings and shootings. While a gas-station owner in Freemansburg, Pa., rushed to help his bleeding wife, who had been accidentally struck by a car waiting in line, other motorists filled up their tanks and drove off without paying. In Levittown, Pa., in an outbreak originally caused by truckers demonstrating against high diesel fuel prices, some 2,000 motorists and thrill-seekers clashed with the police in three days of rioting. Police arrested nearly 200. Local officials declared a state of emergency and enforced a curfew that prohibited more than five people...
...disgraceful conduct of striking teachers at Levittown [Nov. 27] is further proof that unions of government employees should be outlawed. Tire-slashing and window-breaking criminals should not be allowed to teach. Unions are the antithesis of liberty...
...wearing a defiant lapel button picturing two crossed boards. (One of the school board members allegedly threatened to hit the teachers' union with a two-by-four, then hit it again with a four-by-six when it was down.) Other teachers wear buttons reading I GAVE TO LEVITTOWN. So far, more than 20 teachers have resigned. A dozen highly paid veterans have chosen to retire on terms offered by the board: a $5,000 payment and, in effect, the cancellation of the fines...
...Levittown tries to recover from the strike, FOR SALE signs stand next to pumpkins in front of many houses. The Caponi house in the Wantagh neighborhood is one of them. Although the Caponis had decided to sell before the teacher trouble, they are even more eager to move...
Unfortunately for sellers, Levittown houses have declined in value. "One Sunday the real estate fellow was bringing a couple out," says Rae Caponi. "When they found out what school district the house was in, they said 'No way.' " A mile down the road at MacArthur High School, the playing fields that in previous falls were ablaze with red and white jerseys are now deserted. Levittown likes its football, and people used to find the game a unifying force. Not this year. The schedule was canceled. For three or four seniors, the lost season means lost scholarships. "I would...