Suspicious fires damage two apartment complexes
Two fires started within minutes in Brandywine Manor and Hidden Valley apartments near Cherry Tree Road and Tree Road, injuring six firefighters and displacing 12 families. Investigators call the blazes suspicious with forced-entry signs in storage rooms. A third garage fire occurred nearby. state police and fire marshal probe continues with multiple suspects.
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Brandywine Manor Apartments
Cherry Tree Road
Upper Chichester
William Lamplugh
Lamplugh
Hidden Valley Apartments
Hidden Valley
Tree Road
Gardenne
Frances
Chester-Wallingford
American Red Cross
David Fortney
Chichester
Brandywine
Building H
James McMasters
Michael Essaf
Lima Fire Company
Joseph Luttell
Green Ridge
Crozer- Chester Medical Center
Larry Hill
Garzia
160Th
Bven
Ford receives China welcome
President Ford began a five day visit to Peking with a restrained welcome. He said the trip aims to foster mutual understanding between the Chinese and American peoples.
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Peking
Ford
Daily Times presses on amid strike threats and court actions
The Daily Times continues weekly publication despite harassment from Local 10, Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia. Court actions target flagrant picketing at 18 E 8th St as guild members face wage and contract disputes.
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Local 10
Newspaper Guild of
Greater Philadelphia
Delaware County Daily Times
Cove Ver
Daily Times
Times
The
E. 8Th St
Howard Reed Jr
Polka Festival Draws 1400 at Widener College
About 1,400 people danced for eight hours at the fourth annual Pulaski Polka Festival held at Widener College’s MacMarland Center. Jean Szalkowski, longtime organizer, was honored for her work with the festival and the Pulaski Day Parade Twirlets of Aston and the Lesinski family of Conshohocken were recognized.
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Joseph S. Gerko
Chester
Widener's Colleges
MacMarland Center
Jean Szalkowski
Aston
Lesinski
Conshohocken
Holiday toll includes youth from Wallingford
At least 17 Pennsylvanians died on highways during the Thanksgiving holiday period. The fatalities included a Wallingford resident, David Krisac, 18, among others, in two separate head on collisions in western Pennsylvania. The toll ran from 6 p m Wednesday to midnight Sunday and covered multiple counties. In one crash near Ville U S 6 a car carrying Carol Shreve 36 and her children Richard 15 Bonita 10 collided with an oncoming vehicle. four from a Union City family were injured. A second deadly crash north of Rideway in Elk County killed three teens Andrew Fedorka 19 Arthur Farr 19 Barbara Lenze 16. Other victims included Melvin Slater 23 and Dalton Work 23 in Kane and Bradford respectively and several named adults across multiple towns.
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Carol Shreve
Warren County
Richard
Bonita
Vn Ag
Johnsonburg
Barbara Lenze
St. Marys
Melvin Slater
Kane
Dalton Work
Bradford
Whoveeide
Denice Dusti Cen
Fray
Richard Long
Millwood
West
Bottled Water Sparks Health Standards Debate
New Orleans report quotes Loyola University expert Dr. John Christman on bottled water risks and evolving EPA rules under the 1974 Water Quality Act. He warns bottled water may not meet community standards, may sit on shelves for months, and calls home filtration the only feasible safeguard for truly safe drinking water.
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New Orleans
John Christman
Loyola University
Christman
EPA
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