Man Held Without Bail In Philadelphia Bodybuilder Slaying
A 20 year old Southwest Philadelphia man is held without bail in the August 13 murder of Frank Wainwright a 27 year old bodybuilder known as Mr Northeastern America and Mr Pennsylvania in 1978. Stephen McCrae surrendered with his attorney and is charged with murder and weapons offenses. An August 26 hearing is scheduled at the Detention Center.
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Philadelphia
Frank Wainwright
Clifton Heights
Stephen McCrae
Lee Mandell
Charles Pyatt
Homicide Division
McCrae
Wainwright
Pennsylvania
S4th Street
Woodland Avenue
Multiple fires scorch Chester city and Crozer Park areas
Fire crews battled several blazes Friday from a factory on Fifth Street to a field in Crozer Park. A blaze confined to the second floor at General Brass and Edgmont at 114 West Fifth Street caused extensive water damage from sprinklers. Firefighters also tackled a suspicious blaze near a lumber pile at Atlantic Steel Castings. A separate Thursday blaze near a storage building spread briefly after a worker’s torch.
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Chester
5Th Street
Crozer Park
General Brass and Edgmont Corp
Ath St
Atlantic Steel Castings Co
Probe targets Keating firm in Southeast Bank project
Amid grand jury rumors in Chester the probe centers on Keating Construction Radnor payments contract legality and political pressure involving Councilman Clinton L Johnson. U S Attorney Peter Vaira declines to discuss specifics while Johnson denies targeting and says he has not been subpoenaed.
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Chester
Southeast National Bank
4Th Street
Avenue of the States
Keating
Radnor
Clinton L. Johnson
U.S
Peter Vaira
Johnson
Federal Grand Jury
Philadelphia
Grand Jury
Ahmed
Keating Company
John Fitzgerald
Chester Redevelopment Authority
Chester Development Office
West Chester YMCA to close in debt plan
The Southeast Delco Family YMCA will phase out the West Branch YMCA at 7th and Yarnall streets to save money. Central YMCA at 2 Eyre Drive remains open to serve Chester and county residents as the West Branch facility sells for about 500000 to help pay long term debt. The move draws concern from local Black leaders who fear racial impact.
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Daily Times
Chester
West Branch Ymca
Southeast
Delco Family Y
Central Ymca
Eyre Drive
7Th and
Yarnall Sts
West Branch
Richard M. Carter
Central
Carter
County
Darby man jailed after Berlin home robbery shooting
Keith Capers, 20, of Darby, arrested in Camden County Jail on $200,000 bail after allegedly breaking into a Berlin New Jersey home on West White Horse Pike and shooting Edwin Webster 69 and Helen Webster 64. Capers tied victims, robbed them of over $100, attempted to assault Mrs Webster, then fled. Webster hospitalized and later released. Mrs Webster remained in hospital in good condition. Capers reportedly injured himself leaping from a first floor window and was found in a neighbor’s car.
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Berlin
N.J
Darby
Camden County
Keith Capers
South Fifth Street
Edwin Webster
Helen
William Behnke
Capers
West White Horse Pike
Atlantic City
Webster
West Jersey Hospital
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Cheyney State College
Ruby L. Perkins
Perkins
P.O. Box
West Chester
Tinicum
Robert Pappano
Adam German
German
Nether
Providence — Township
Cecelia G. Evans
West Chester State College
Marple — Broomall
Samuel Greenstein
Miss Martin's Candies
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
Philadelphia and
Marple
Cardinal O'Hara High School
Thomas O’brien
By William Alno and
Trisha Cofsell
Muhamed Ahmed
Chester Minority Business Development Association
D’lauro Construction Company
D'Lauro Company
YMCA
By Lynn Keyser
Joe Warrick
M N.J. Jail
Benkhe
Mrs. Webster
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