Norwood arson case asks if man killed wife in cottage fire
Police say arson investigator alleges Joseph C. Costelli, 61, set fire to his Love Lane cottage and attempted to murder his invalid wife Doris, 58, as District Justice John Neilson weighs the case at a 7:30 p.m. hearing. Costelli and brother-in-law Ernest Clifford say harassment over insurer Keystone’s claims prompts the accusations while Costelli cared for his wife after the July fire. Clifford notes Costelli saved his wife when evacuating.
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Gerry Oliver
Daily Times
Norwood
Joseph C. Costelli
Love Lane
Pennsylvania
John Neilson
Costelli
Ernest Clifford
S. Martin Lane
Costellis
Don t get killed by lightning
The weather bureau notes summertime is lightning time and explains lightning kills more people yearly than hurricanes or tornadoes with property losses around $100 million. NOAA and NWS state lightning strikes 100 times per second worldwide and 1,800 thunderstorms are active at any moment. Experts urge common sense, debunk myths about rubber shoes and never striking twice, plus most deaths occur outdoors.
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Weather Bureau
National Oceanic and’ ‘Atmospheric Administration
Michael Mogil
National Weather Service
Mogil
Ed Weigel
National Weather
Properties of Chester gambling kingpin to be auctioned
More than 20 Frank Miller properties in Chester's first five wards are slated for sale September 11 by the Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau. The auction covers 423 delinquent properties countywide for back taxes from 1971 to 1976, plus Miller owes nearly $85,000 on 29 properties. Miller pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and racketeering, bribery, and conspiracy in a plea deal tied to the Nacrelli case and forfeiture of properties purchased with gambling proceeds.
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Nancy J. Holt
Daily Times
Chester
Frank Miller
Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau
Miller
Chester-Upland
Herman Fontaine
Fontaine
John H. Nacrelli
Nacrelli
William J. Reese
Five Hurt In Crash In Upland On Upland Avenue
Five people including a month-old infant were injured in a four car crash when off duty Chester Police Officer John T. Lewis lost control on Upland Avenue near the Upland Shopping Center. The collision involved Joseph and Audrey Dugan and Francis and Mary Wontroba with baby Mary. Further details await police report.
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Upland
Chester
Upland Avenue
Joseph
Audrey Dugan
Gradyville Road
Newtown
Francis
Mary Wontroba
Mary
25Th Street
Crozer-Chester
Borough
John T. Lewis
Lewis
Wontroba
Dugan
Marylene Bowman
Ayars Place
Scorcher Ahead Fans Bright With Heat
Temperatures will soar into the 90s with high humidity and a chance of showers tonight. Partly cloudy and very warm again Sunday with highs in the upper 80s. On display Winning entries in the Harvest Fair and Flower Show will be at Springfield hall Center Court Upper Level today.
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Springfield Hall
Center Court
Food ban on school cafeterias delayed by Agriculture Department
Washington AP The Agriculture Department postponed enforcing a proposed ban on junk foods in subsidized school cafeterias. Assistant Secretary Carol Tucker Foreman did not provide a new start date, leaving current state and local policies in effect at about 80 percent of federally subsidized schools. Harrisburg AP A former state transportation official was fined 50 dollars and ordered to pay 131.50 in court costs after conviction for macing. Stanley Ewing, 63, faces further action as several PennDOT officials await court action this fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Carol Tucker Foreman
Harrisburg
APSA
State Transportation Department
State Justice Department
Stanley Ewing
Crawford County
John White
Penndot
Edmund Dean
Robert Hill
Wayne Mitchell
Son of police chief credited with stopping prison escape
Thomas J Bruton Jr son of Media Police Chief Thomas J Bruton Jr aided police in arresting Samuel T Butler a Phoenixville man facing escape charges after Butler was grabbed outside the Chester County Prison Pocopson on July 7 Bruton Jr serving 2 to 10 years for third degree murder is held in Chester County Prison under safekeeping with Delaware County officials Butler had been jailed on traffic violations and sent to prison in lieu of 25000 bail for the escape case.
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Thomas
J. Bruton
Chester County
Pocopson
Thomas J. Bruton Jr
Samuel T. Butler
Phoenixville
Bruton
Butler
Frank Sawyer
Delaware County
Texaco hits new gas well off New Jersey coast
Texaco Inc said it found a second natural gas source in the Baltimore Canyon off New Jersey, with a 13,000 foot depth yielding 9.4 million cubic feet daily. The earlier 14,000 foot discovery flows at 7.5 million, both linked to liquid petroleum or condensed natural gas, while production viability remains under study.
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New York
Texaco Inc
Baltimore Canyon
New Jersey
Texaco
J.S. Hiltunen
Hiltunen
United States
Shell
Continental Oil
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