Gas supply strain looms as Shell tightens December shipments
In Philadelphia AP reports the Pennsylvania Service Station Dealers Association warns motorists will learn in a month how bad gas shortages are. Shell plans 75 percent December shipments causing 24 hour stations to close earlier and sparking potential price hikes as dealers absorb reduced revenue.
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Pennsylvania Service Station Dealers Association
Tom Anderson
Anderson
Shell Oil Co
Tom Wagner
Blue Bell Shell
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Boeing to build new flight test center near Wilmington
Boeing announces a two story 11 000 square foot facility at its experimental flight test center near Wilmington Delaware. The building will house 50 engineers and computers with real time data analysis. It sits beside a 22 000 square foot hangar built in 1974 and is due for completion next spring. Ernest DiSabatino and Sons Inc. is the contractor with Conroy and Associates handling design. The center lies about 25 miles from the main facility.
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Boeing
Ernest DiSabatino & Sons Inc
Wilmington
Conroy and Associates
Government informant granted minimal jail time over years
William H. West a Philadelphia informant for eight months aided federal agencies, yet has spent about seven days in jail in seven years due to bureaucratic slip ups and favorable recommendations. He faced multiple prior sentences including a 1973 Camden case for possession of stolen cars and a 1975 Essex County probation. The Miah trial in 1977 involved alleged perjury by West and DEA agents.
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Nancy J. Holt
Daily Times
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
William H. West
West
Philadelphia
Leroyth
Ots Oceaiia
Waka Bards
Miah
W. 3Rd St
Federal Correctional Institution
Ashland
Louis Bechtle
U.S. District Court
Camden
N.J
Mitchell Cohen
Essex County
Newark
Julius Feinberg
Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund Helps 1,000 Families
The 1978 Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund will aid 1,000 area families in Chester and Norwood with Christmas food and a toy. Salvation Army Capt. Robert Pfeiffer reported high demand and ongoing fundraising to cover needs. Donations listed include multiple individuals and a church school, with checks payable to the Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund at 500 Mildred Ave Primos PA 19018.
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Daily Times
Salvation Army
Robert Pfeiffer
Salvation Army Center
Chester
Peasey
Frankie
Jeanne
Michael
Nellie Catron
Robert Nelson
Norwood
Percy P. Nelson
Norwood United Methodist Church School
Cameron Grant
Nancy Grant
Mildred Ave
Primos
Two-denied bail in fatal bar brawl
Frederick Lupi and Neil McCrossen, both charged with murder in the fatal bar fight at Chadds Ford Tavern, were remanded without bail. They face a 10:30 a.m. December 7 preliminary hearing before District Justice Leon Mascaro. Harry Evans, 23, was found dead in the tavern parking lot after the altercation. Bail on assault counts was set at 10,000 each.
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Delaware County
Frederick Lupi
Pine Lane
Chester
Neil McCrossen
Worrell Drive
Springfield
Leon Mascaro
Harry Evans
Molly
Morris Palmer Evans
Clayton Ave
Newark
Del
Peter Gustaitis
Morris Evans
Riddle Hospital
Mascaro
Gustaiuis
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