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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1985
Page
5
An accountant hired to oversee the county audit at Fair Acres Geriatric Center testified in federal court that gaps existed in the Delco food probe. The admission highlights missing items and incomplete findings in the county investigation led by auditor staff.
Philadelphia County Parks Police Sgt. Jack Krauss testified he found two Marriott food service supervisors leaving the grounds with meat in their cars, claiming the packages were sample meats. A county audit led by Controller James Scanlan followed a prior theft of 120 pounds of meat from the Fair Acres warehouse in December 1983.
Lawyers for distraught Chester Upland parents and the school district reached a settlement on asbestos removal. The pact requires all friable asbestos to be gone by September 1986 and creates an asbestos committee with parent and district appointees to monitor progress. A visual reinspect timeline precedes Christmas, and the district will pay up to 1200 dollars to a STEPPIN' UP chosen consultant.
Chester Kiwanis will boycott Howard Johnsons after the motor lodge refused the club's annual Christmas party for handicapped children. Luncheons will move to Salvation Army HQ, as officers cite prior messes and wheelchair access concerns.
Doris Evans 48 awoke to two masked men burgling her Crosby Square Apartments home at 1 15 a m One held a revolver the other a pipe striking her on the forehead They fled with a TV and radio valued at 200 A warrant was issued for one suspect Evans treated at Crozer Chester Medical Center Upland
The League of Women Voters of Upper Darby conducts a survey of current supervision and evaluation practices for professional staff in William Penn and Upper Darby districts. Deadline is December 20. Interested participants may call Nancy Runk at 622 4632 to join interviews with administrators, teachers, and supervisors.
Two state representatives Stephen Freind and Mario Civera Jr sponsor a Thursday public meeting at Township Line Road and Lynn Boulevard crossroads in Haverford and Upper Darby townships. They invite residents to review PennDOT plans and ask questions about renovations to the area.
Cardinal John Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia will receive the Copernicus award at a Washington dinner at the Madison Hotel. He will obtain a medal and a $10,000 prize for his work to feed the hungry and promote Development in Peace, noted by Copernicus Society executive director Eric Nelson.
Police report that a jewelery box and a man's watch were stolen from a house in the 1500 block of Springhill Drive Sunday night. Entry was gained through a forced first floor window. Authorities noted no further details and no arrests were reported.
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