Fires, injuries reported at Chester industrial, apartment blazes
Firefighters battled two blazes in Chester, one at 301 East Ninth Street apartment stairwell causing smoke and minor injuries to employee Carl Gorsen, and another at Health Mats Inc in the Irvington mill complex where an industrial dryer fire was confined. Chester Upland students to decorate downtown Christmas trees with trees funded by local business community in 18 locations along Avenue of the States and Edgment Avenue.
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Chester — City
Irvington Mill
Ninth St
Marvin Cherry
Health Mats Inc
Ridley Avenue
Carl Gorsen
Crozer‘Chester Medical Center
Upland
Chester
Chester Upland
Avenue of the States
Edgment Avenue
5Th
Five-Year-Old Struck by Truck In Upland
A five-year-old kindergartner leaving Main Street Elementary School was struck by a truck near Sixth and Main streets in Upland. The boy, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Knudsen, suffered severe head injuries and underwent a four hour operation at Crozer Chester Medical Center and was later moved to Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. Police declined to release the driver’s name. Borough officials criticized school safety measures as they urged improvements.
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Ad Lynn Keyser
Daily Times
Upland
Main Street
David Knudsen
Rainer Road
Chester Township
Richard W. Knudsen
Crozer- Chester Medical Center
Children’s Hospital
Philadelphia
David
Sixth Street
Joseph E “Ed” Blair
Ed Mitchell
Chester Upland School Board
Principal Blamed After School Crossing Tragedy
Mitchell and Blair fault Principal Frank A Kapodius for not ensuring student safety at dismissal near Main Street School. Blair cited Oct 5 notice about traffic risks and demanded district action while Kapodius defended his 21 years as principal and said notices to parents and cross guards have been issued.
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Mitchell
Frank A. Kapodius
Main Street
Blair
Kapodius
Freind applauds NOW award despite antiabortion bills
Judy Freind of Haverford comments on her husband state Rep. Stephen F. Freind winning a NOW award for anti abortion stance. She says she supports NOW goals but would not join, prefers staying home with her children while Steve pushes bills to limit abortion, noting his efforts aim to empower state control.
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Judy Freind
Stephen F. Freind
Haverford
Drug hearing set for two men in Aldan police raid
Two men, Hugh McNulty and Daniel Marlie, both 22, were arrested Nov. 24 in a joint Aldan Upper Darby raid. They face preliminary hearing December 15 before District Justice John L. Laskey Jr. Police report confiscated methamphetamine marijuana and other drugs plus paraphernalia.
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Aldan
John L. Laskey Jr
Hugh McNulty
Watkins Avenue
Upper Darby
Daniel Marlie
Tremont Drive
Glenalden
Upper
Darby
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By John Roman
Harold D. Ellis
Times Harrisburg Bureau
Harrisburg — Attention
Homers
Sg Chapter of
The
National Organization of i
Clifton Heights
Georgia
John P. Walden
Degatur
Baltimore Avenue
Douglas Scatterfield
Kedron Avenue
Morton
Walden
Scatterfield
Folsom
Ridley
Margaret Pauly
Pauly
Ladies Auxiliary
Harold Paul Saks Post
Amvers
Veterans Hospital
39Th Street
Woodland Avenue
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