Landmark PROS Plant Auction Forecasts 500000 Gross
The PROS Corporation plant at Marcus Hook, a long standing landmark, faces an auction conducted by Harry Davis and Co of Pittsburgh. Davis said the sale went excellently on Thursday with buyers from Pakistan attending. About 800,000 square feet remain for lease at the former FMC site, now part of the Delaware Valley Industrial Center, after the film and packaging division closed in January 1977 due to insufficient profits.
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Pros” Corporation
Gaerenich Pester i Rv Se
Marcus Hook
Harry Davis
Harry Davis and Co
Pittsburgh
Sean Davis
Pakistan
FMC
Delaware Valley Industrial Center
Connelly quits William Penn board over race issue
Gerard J. Connelly of Yeadon resigns from the William Penn School Board after citing an irreconcilable difference with a growing majority view on racial balance in district schools. He favors neighborhood schools and opposes mandated busing, amid community debates on integration and regional concepts.
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Wm. Penn Board
Lynn Keyser
Daily Times
Lansdowne
Gerard J. Connelly
Yeadon
William Penn School
Yeadon Community Relations Committee
William Penn
A. Roy DeCaro
William H. Harris
Fare hike to 50 cents by SEPTA sparks suit
Community Legal Services representing WRO ACORN and the Clean Air Council filed in U S District Court to block the 50 cent transit fare rise on January 1 and to require SEPTA to assess alternatives and report potential social economic and environmental impacts Three million riders may shift to cars as vehicle exhaust harms air quality Philadelphia aims to meet federal standards by mid 1983 and delays could occur if more driving ensues SEPTA did not comment noting the fare increase was approved last month and intended to fund service improvements.
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Philadelphia
Thursday
U.S
SEPTA
Community Legal Services
Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization
WRO
Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now
ACORN
Delaware Valley
Hershey
Jim Lanard
Clean Air Council
Lanard
Weather and local crime notes from Delaware County briefings
Rain may be heavy at times today tonight and Saturday with unseasonably mild temperatures highs in the 50s and low 50s mostly cloudy and colder Sunday. A preliminary hearing continues for Rebecca Gray charged with swindling 7000 from the state welfare department while in Marcus Hook a man faces drug and weapons counts after a traffic stop bail set at 5000. The Upper Darby blood drive is scheduled at Drexel Hill Junior High School December 14 from 11 am to 4 pm inviting district friends to donate.
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Upper Providence
Rebecca Gray
Delaware County
State Department of Welfare
Florida
Marcus Hook
Lower Chichester
Michael Durbano
Durbano
George
Drexel Hill
JHS
Upper Darby
Red Cross
Snakes and politics collide in Aldan and Washington report
Aldan officers responded to a drop ceiling snake incident at the Garchinsky home. Officer James Murphy fatally wounded the intruder after arriving with a Clifton Heights officer. In Washington, Golda Meir, former Israeli prime minister, died early today per officials.
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Aldan
James Murphy
Richard Garchinsky
Murphy
Garchinsky
Clifton Heights
Myron B
Golda Meir
Washington
Israel
Christmas Fund tops $4,000 in Daily Times drive
The Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund surpassed four thousand dollars today aided by Jewish donors. The Rabbi's Fund of Congregation Ohev Shalom in Wallingford contributed thirty six dollars, with other gifts from community members and anonymous supporters. The goal remains sixteen thousand dollars to aid about one thousand Delaware County families, as donations continue to arrive at the newspaper office in Primos.
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Daily Times
Congregation Ohev Shalom
Nether Providence
Peggy Chance
Salvation Army
Ridley Old Timers Bowling League
Roy
Marian Hirst
Karen Ann Kinard
Ohev Shalom
Wallingford
Beta Sigma Phi
Xi Gamma Zeta
Naomi
Don Robertson
C. Stuart Brown
Charles Helen
Anne Simpson
Rose Jackson
Alcade Gardner
Howard
Ruth Martin
Amos M. Carter Sr
Anna Maria Martin
Mildred Ave
Primos
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Bell Avenue
Parkview Court
Yeadon Community Relations Commission
Ershey
Faith Ryan Whittlesey
Defense Fund
Wilkes-Barre
Daniel Flood
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