Bell Telephone offers free lectures and Voter Fair Day
Bell Telephone's Speakers Bureau lists lectures such as Terror by Telephone and Imagineering with a contact number. A Voter Fair Day at Marple Newtown Senior High School in Newtown Square invites candidates for state and federal offices to meet voters from Delaware Chester and Montgomery counties September 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. The event, sponsored by Sun Company's Responsible Citizenship Program with parade by Antique Automobile Club of America, may move indoors in rain.
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Marple-Newtown Senior High School
Newtown Square
Delaware
Chester
Montgomery
State Senate
Statehouse
Pennsylvania
U.S. Congress
Murray P. Zealer
Eugene D. Kane
Robert W. Edgar
Alan B. Rubenstein
Roland J. Atkins
Delaware Valley
Keystone Region
Antique Automobile Club of America
League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce and
Common Cause
Crozer-Chester Clinic Begins Fall Pulmonary Rehab Nursing Course
Crozer-Chester Medical Center begins a six week fall session for its Pulmonary Rehabilitation Nursing Clinic for emphysema chronic bronchitis and asthma patients aged 18 and over. The program runs Mondays and Thursdays 7 to 9 p.m. starting September 11 with small group sessions and physician referrals, plus long term follow up. For more information contact Ellen Butler TR 4 9611 ext 337.
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Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Ellen Butler
HOME Ownership Counseling Helps Moderate Income Buyers in Delaware County
Delaware County residents can still join the federally funded HOME program, offering free guidebooks and counseling for first time buyers earning $8,000 to $20,000. Tom Wilson coordinates, contact 543-7478 or 927-7985. Hours are 3 9 p.m. weekdays and noon 5 p.m. weekends.
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Delaware County
Philadelphia
Tom Wilson
Swarthmore
PE Offers Insulation Guidebooks to Customers
Philadelphia Electric Co. pledges to 1.2 million customers in southeastern Pennsylvania an insulation guidebook with August bills. Coupons will accompany the bills to obtain a free guide detailing insulation types efficiency ratings usage and savings for heating and cooling costs.
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Philadelphia Electric Co
Pennsylvania
Divorced Woman a Better Marriage Risk Says Love and War
A column notes divorced women are a better marriage risk than men, citing earlier marriage age and time awareness as reasons. It also touches on capital punishment quotes, Eskimo chief questions, medical distinctions between sprains and strains, and a jab at a bicycle trail cost estimate. It closes with a remark on Andrew Jackson’s belief about the earth’s shape.
Delaware asks high court to block deseg busing plan
Delaware seeks a stay from the U S Supreme Court to block the federal court ordered desegregation busing for New Castle County schools affecting about 23 000 students The state would keep intact the merger of 11 districts but challenge the busing order and argue for judicial restraint citing Rehnquist Columbus ruling parallels
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Delaware
High Court
Wilmington
U.S. Supreme Court
New Castle County
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Columbus
Ohio
Richard Wier Jr
Weir
Murray Schwartz
Schwartz
U.S
Circuit Court of Appeals
William Brennan
3Rd Circuit
Rehnquist
State probes harness racing commission abuses in probe
State police launched a criminal investigation into the Harness Racing Commission after a cabinet meeting revealed possible abuse of power and irregularities. The probe, tied to the Justice Department and Revenue Department, reviews drug program interference, back dating entries, free passes, and misuse of a state car related to the commission’s operations.
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Harrisburg
Harness Racing Commission
Andrew Smyser
Justice Department
Criminal Law Section
Revenue
Milt Lopus
Paul Chulak
Ahwesh
Washington County
Revenue Department
State A
Assur
Civil Service
Commission
Lopus
Agriculture Department
Weather overview for Delaware and New Castle Counties today
Hot humid conditions prevail with highs in the 90s in New Castle County and low 90s in Delaware County. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday bring chances of showers, with lows near 70 tonight and highs in the 80s to 90s Sunday. Air quality deemed unsatisfactory in Chester and Wilmington, Philadelphia fair. Tides at Chester show two daily high and two low periods. Precipitation at the airport totals 0 inches in 12 hours, 32.53 inches year to date, with normal 26.03. Sun rises at 6 16 a.m. and sets at 7 52 p.m.
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Delaware County
New Castle County
Memphis police and firefighters end week-long strike
Memphis mayor Wyeth Chandler announced a settlement between striking police and firefighters ending a week-long dispute. Officers planned to return at midnight with firefighters returning at 7 am. The agreement included a one-year wage reopener, prompting praise from David Baker, president of the Memphis Police Association, who declared unity among officers during a tense labor standoff.
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Memphis, Tenn
Wyeth Chandler
Tennessee
Chandler
Memphis Police Association
International Association of Firefighters
David Baker
Baker
Board of Education
Memphis
James Nichols
Patricia
Nichols
Baker’s Arrival Signals Settlement for Unnamed Group
Upon arrival Baker assured members the dispute had been settled in their favor, promising resolution and closure for those affected.
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Baker
Farview Murder Trial Moves Challenged in Wayne County
The defense for three men charged with brutality at Farview State Hospital filed a motion to quash a change of venue toward Wayne County. Attorney John Duffy argued the trials must stay in Wayne County and the court took the request under advisement.
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Honesdale, Pa
Farview State Hospital
John Duffy
Wayne County
Lottery numbers and payouts from four states
Friday draws across Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland reported several winning sequences. Pennsylvania displayed 0 7 0 for the Daily lottery, while New Jersey reported 860 for Pick-It with straight 421 box 70 and pair 42 payouts. Delaware Daily Numbers listed 151 and Maryland Numbers Game daily lottery showed 809 with usual bet structures noted.
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New Jersey
Box
Delaware
Maryland
Nurse indicted in deaths at Maryland General Hospital
Baltimore state attorney says Mary Rose Robacznski 24 of Pasadena indicted on four counts of murder for killing terminally ill patients in the hospital ICU between December and March. The nurse, a 1975 Maryland General nursing graduate, surrendered and was released on recognizance. preliminary hearing set for September 6. Victims named are Marlene Smith 45 Catherine Womack 40 Louvenia Reed 49 and Harry Gessner 48, all of Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Maryland General Hospital
Mary Rose Robacznski
Pasadena
William A. Swisher
Robacznski
Mary Rose Kaisler
Swisher
Areree
Maryland General’s Nursing School
Harry Gessner
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Delaware County Daily Times
Central States Publishing, Inc
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Clifton Heights
Obieg
Ciithon Heights
Farview
Elkins, Stroud, Suplee & Co
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Eastern Airlines
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Franklin Mint
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General Motors
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Gulf Oil Corp
Nn.e Ceee Cere
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Phoenix Steel
Philadelphia Electric
Robin Tech Corp
Scott Paper
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