Tax office chief suspended for political activity
Gloria Gormley, former Upper Darby Democratic chairman, received a 10 day suspension without pay from the Revenue Department for political activity on state time. The action cites numerous political phone calls and the use of a state typewriter and Xerox machine to prepare materials during work hours.
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Gloria Gormley
Upper Darby
Revenue Department
Ms. Gormley
Old State Road
Upper Providence
Secretary of Revenue
Milt Lopus
Lopus
Abandoned Puppies Find Homes In Upper Darby
Joann Harris cares for four dogs and three newborn puppies born to a stray German shepherd captured by township warden Norman Milano. Milano adopted one pup and offered another to a resident. Mayor Eugene Kane and Health Director George Harris also took puppies, leaving Harris with two. The group plans to keep the pups together and nurse them with bottle feeds as they grow.
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Upper
Darby
Joann Harris
Joann
Norman Milano
Milano
Eugene Kane
George Harris
Kane
Harris
Delaware County teacher talks near end as settlements loom
Five of seven districts near deals on contracts with Chester-Upland and Springfield leading the pace. Springfield tentative three-year pact with ratification after September. Ridley approved 7.1 percent rise. Penn-Delco, Southeast Delco, Wallingford Swarthmore, and William Penn not yet resolved. State mediation and a prior statewide subsidy dispute shape bargaining tempo.
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Delaware County
Chester-Upland
Springfield
Ridley
William Penn
Southeast Delco
Penn-Delco
Wallingford
Swarthmore
Delaware County Intermediate Unit
Upper Darby
Philadelphia
Bob Houck
Alf Nelson
Pennsylvania State Education ‘Association
PSEA
Nelson
Milton Shapp
Vincent J. Sauer
Wayne Drake
Southeast Delco Education Association
Drake
Public School Code of Pennsylvania
Heat stroke blamed in death of Yeadon student
The Delaware County coroner's office preliminarily rules Michael Greenspan a 15 year old Yeadon High School student died of heat stroke after collapsing at football practice. Dehydration and organ failure cited as cause. ruling expected today. In Upper Darby, Michael McSorley bound over for court on robbery and theft charges for two Wawa holdups on Aug 3 and 6.
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Delaware County Coroner’s Office
Michael Greenspan
Yeadon
Greenspan
Yeadon High School
Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital
Larry Rendin
Upper Darby
Sharon Hill
Michael Cullen
Michael McSorley
High Street
Wawa
Lansdowne Ave
Manor Road
Heat Wave Keeps Up With High 80s To 90s
Stock up on ice and stay near the swimming hole as temperatures push toward the 90s today. Morning readings near 80 threaten an early reach for a record, with a drop to the 70s tonight as cooling is forecast.
Disco look contrasts Annie Hall fall style
Daily Times notes a soft feminine contrast in fashion on page 14 while Page 19 highlights Scheivert Real Estate of the eIndustrial Valley Softball League as a champion team improving with age.
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Annie Hall
eIndustrial Valley Softball League
Scheivert Real Estate
National House pares down expected government deficit
Washington AP. The Senate may surpass the House in cutting the next year deficit to about 39.8 billion as the budget totals 489.8 billion. The House approved the budget 217 to 178 with spending cuts and a 450 billion revenue estimate aligned to a 16.3 billion tax cut. Senate plans a 489.5 billion budget after committee. Also Carter tuition aid bill stalls in Rules Committee with no clear floor action before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Carter
House Rules Committee
Congress
Rules Committee
Local Light explodes injuring teen in Brookhaven
Brookhaven Teen night at the Brookhaven Swim Club ended when a percussion light used for effects exploded in musician Wayne Tarr’s face. Tarr, 24, of Boothwyn, was loading the gunpowder-based device when it burst, leaving facial burns. He was admitted to Crozer Chester Medical Center in satisfactory condition. Police also report a jail incident in Chester where Manuel Alvarez, 34, attempted hanging, was cut down, treated, arraigned, and jailed on $5,000 bail with a pending preliminary hearing.
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Brookhaven
Wayne Tarr
Chichester Ave
Boothwyn
Tarr
Crozer Chester Medical Center
Upland
Chester
Manuel Alvarez
Sandra
Alvarez
Delaware County
Central Court
Edgar draws more heat over trolleys
U S Rep Robert W Edgar of Marple questions county council over a SEPTA trolley contract bid and a delay in UMTA approval. Council members and SEPTA say delaying the bid to favor a USLVR standard could cost more than 100 million for 141 trolleys. Rochford defends council action in a letter to Edgar. Page 4.
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Bonnie Baldwin
Daily Times
Delaware
Boeing Vertol
Ridley Township
Dennis J. Rochford
Edgar
Council
The
Urban Mass Transit Administration
UMTA
SEPTA
Rochford
Area
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Media's Tax Office
Vitelli
Penn Delco
Ron Pesotski
Penn Delco Education Association
Harry Chaykin
Apapectioss Eee Oy
Geeetees
National House
American Standard
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