Firefighters avert fuel explosion in boxcar fires
Firemen from Trainer Lennox Park Felton and others battled two arson fires in boxcars at Penn Central Thurlow Yard near Price Street. An ammonia blaze felled Michael Fanelli and one fireman was treated at Sacred Heart Hospital. Both boxcars burned out. cars were empty with open doors. no suspects named.
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Sacred Heart Hospital
Chester
Penn Central Railroad
Price Street
9Th
Trainer
Lennox Park
Felton Hose
John W. Culin Jr
Trainer Fire Co
Culin
Penn
Central
Michael Fanelli
Sunset St
Penn Central
Reading Railroad
B&o Railroad
Thurlow
Springfield chemist leads township reform efforts
Andrew Wright a 64 year old independent Republican and Sun Oil research scientist grew active in township politics after leading local civic efforts. He studied rheology and has published on liquid flow under extreme conditions while balancing a refinery job. Wright aided Parmiter Mannion and Wolstenholme in school board bids.
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George Howard
Daily Times
Springfield
3Rd Ward
Andrew Wright
Wright
Sun Oil Company
Marcus Hook
Civic Association
James Parmiter
James Mannion
David Wolstenholme
Parmiter
Mannion
Haldeman Defends Remarks On Violence Memo
Former White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman testified that he wrote good and great on a 1971 memo warning of violent demonstrators at a Nixon Graham appearance in Charlotte. Senator Weicker pressed the point as the Watergate hearings examined whether such language indicated a favorable White House view of the protests.
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Washington
White House
H. R. Haldeman
Charlotte
N.C
Nixon
Billy Graham
Haldeman
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Senate Watergate Committee
Weicker
Ronald H. Walker
Secret Service
Graham
Sun Hill resident recalls early days with Eddie Rickenbacker
A Chester resident from Sun Hill recalls his youth motorcycle days linked to World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker. The reminiscence appears in the Daily Times on page 3. Details on weather and Little League progress appear elsewhere in the issue.
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Sun Hill
Chester
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ulbricht Dies Former East German Leader Passes Away
Berlin report says Walter Ulbricht, the East German Communist leader associated with the Berlin Wall, died aged 80. Ill since being replaced as party first secretary in 1971, he remained titular head of state as chairman of the State Council and a Central Committee member. He reportedly suffered a stroke on July 19.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Berlin Wall
ADN
Ulbricht
Erich Honecker
State Council
Nomad Basket Remains Found Near Pittsburgh
Archaeologists report the oldest eastern United States find of a nomad basket unearthed near Avella Pennsylvania about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Human skulls teeth and fire pits were also recovered at the site says Dr James Adovasio University of Pittsburgh anthropology assistant professor.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Avella
James Adovasio
University of Pittsburgh
Delta jet crashes at Logan, 88 dead in fog bound landing
Delta Airlines Flight 723 crashed while approaching Logan International Airport in Boston. Ninety souls aboard left 88 dead and one survivor, Air Force Sgt. Leopold Chouinard, hospitalized with severe burns. Pilot Capt John N Stiloe Jr. was said to fly 230 feet low. The crash followed a stop in Manchester and a late departure from Burlington, Vermont.
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Boston
Maureen Kennedy
Delta Airlines
Leopold Chouinard
Marshfield
Delta Flight 723
Airrf
Federal Aviation Administration
John N. Stiie) Jr
Chouinard
Boston City Hospital
Burlington
Manchester
N.H
New York
Charles R. Mealy
Bedford
Mealy
Eastern Air Lines
Delta
Lynnfield
Mass
Northeast Airlines
Northeast
Sidney W Burrill
Winthrop
Delco restaurants not hit yet by beef shortage
A survey of Delaware County restaurants shows most have adequate beef and have not raised prices yet. Owners fear future shortages, with some proposing menu cutbacks and restrained price increases to ride out higher costs.
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Delco
Delaware County
Judge approves Darby annexation of Sharon Hill parcel
Judge Joseph W. deFaria on Tuesday approved Darby’s annexation of a one acre parcel with 250 by 250 foot rear section in Sharon Hill. Residents opposed the plan in a two year dispute over zoning to permit manufacturing use, with minimal tax loss to Sharon Hill and minor impact noted by the court.
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Joseph W. deFaria
Darby
Sharon Hill
Pine Street
Frank Salerno
Coates St
deFaria
Local meat firms dodge large layoffs in Delaware County
Four meat packing firms in Delaware County report no major layoffs yet though some push to trim staff as pork and beef supplies fluctuate. Medford’s 160 workers and Shane Packing with 132 remain steady. Price Brothers cut from 17 to 11 with two more possible losses. Habber settetts notes no layoffs but expects September to bring slack activity and unlikely job growth this year.
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Delaware County
Bernard L. Ryan
Medford’s, Inc
W. 2Nd St
Chester
Ryan
Medford
Ronnie Shane
Shane Packing Co
Engle St
Shane
L. F. Zebley
Habbersett Brothers, Inc
Knowlton
Middletown Roads
Middletown
Fast food outlets report continued beef supply amid price pressures
Local Dela ware County fast food outlets claim sufficient beef to meet hamburger demand despite a meat shortage forecast. A survey shows some managers expect prices to rise when price controls lift September 12, with notes of rising bread costs. Managers at McDonald’s Clifton Heights Hardee’s Upland and several Ginos and KFC outlets report adequate beef but note marginal shortages.
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Delaware County
Jim Cummings
McDonald's
Baltimore Pike
Clifton Heights
James Murphy
22Nd St
Upland
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Robert Alexander
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Chester Wiggin Jr
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert W. Moran
New Hampshire
William C. Keepers
Ferris Howland
FAA
Harold D. Ellis
Nicholas Matchica
Lamb's
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Matchica
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