Residents push safety upgrade at Secane crossing
Barbara Scarpato and about 300 residents in UPPER DARBY petition the township police superintendent and mayor for a traffic study and a timed pedestrian signal at the Providence and North Avenue crossing near the Secane railroad crossing and South Avenue. They cite heavy traffic and busy train exposure for pedestrians, students, and shoppers.
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Daily Times
Upper Darby
Barbara Scarpato
Secane Station
Providence
North Avenue
Secane
South Avenue
Intersection at North and Providence Aves in Secane
A reader petitioned for pedestrian signals at the North and Providence avenues intersection in Secane. A police spokesman said the request is not police jurisdiction and may involve the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the township engineer.
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Daily Times
Bert Hodge
North
Providence Avenues
Secane
Eugene O‘sonny”’ Kane
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Woman Teacher Charged With Statutory Rape In Pennsylvania
Kathleen Harden, 31, a suburban Pittsburgh elementary school teacher, faces a Sept. 22 arraignment on charges of statutory rape and related offenses involving two teenage boys. Authorities say the incidents occurred in a schoolroom closet, her car, and her home, with Harden allegedly admitting intercourse with both youths.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Kathleen Harden
Pennsylvania
Paul Wolf
Allegheny County Police
Encounter Marriage Encounter Gains in Delaware County
The Daily Times notes a growth in the Marriage Encounter program in Delaware County two decades after its U S introduction. Monsignor Mynaugh of the Philadelphia Archdiocese cites rising bumper sticker visibility while Lorraine Rossi of Tinicum and her husband George, an insurance salesman, recount their yearlong experience as volunteer team couples promoting the course designed to improve marriages.
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Daily Times
Delaware County
Charles Mynaugh
Philadelphia
Delaware Valley
Lorraine Rossi
Tinicum
Lorraine
George
Marriage Encounter gains huge momentum at Rutgers event
The Rossi couple describe a 16 500 attendee Marriage Encounter convention at Rutgers University with 400 priests and 100 nuns among 8 000 couples. They note the program spans 57 countries, with 150 000 to 200 000 couples encountered yearly, totaling two million participants worldwide.
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Rutgers University
New Jersey
George
Raine
Rossis
Spain
United States
Lorraine
God
Bulletin survival hinges on seven unions to reach accord
Philadelphia Bulletin negotiates concessions with the Typographical Workers Union as eight craft unions and management race to avert closure. Analysts cite a drop from 641000 in 1970 to 406000, noting ad revenue pressures and evening paper trends. A new morning tabloid, The Philadelphia Journal, has grown to about 100000 but loses money.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Philadelphia Bulletin
Washington Star
The
Bulletin
Typographical Workers Union of Philadelphia
George Adler
New York
Smith-Barney
Adler
United States
Kenneth Noble
Paine Webber
Noble
Philadelphia Journal
Study finds grants work in Philadelphia program
A four year University of Pennsylvania study of direct block grants to poor city dwellers shows the programs are a success and do not displace low income families as feared. Grants benefit targeted groups including minorities and single heads of households, though the poorest are not chosen.
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Philadelphia
UPI
University of Pennsylvania
Stephen Gale
Penn
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