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Jefferson Avenue, also called Jefferson Street, runs from the Delaware River east to South 10th Street in Camden, one block north of Chelton Avenue; construction of I-676 severed the street, wiping out all structures east of the railroad tracks to Master Street.
Edward Saunders, 28, of 520 Jefferson Street, a Public Service station-master, was struck by lightning at a telephone switchboard and treated at Cooper Hospital.
Three men who pleaded guilty to stealing gas or electricity from Public Service were sentenced to 30 days in county jail. Among them: John Waldner of 814 North 34th Street, who tapped the main gas line while his wife was ill and their meter was shut off for nonpayment.