War Board policy fuels fundraising clash over Toney bid
Springfield GOP leader Williams defends Alpine Inn dinner plan while noting a 1969 War Board rule bars fundraisers for unendorsed candidates. He cites correspondence from AL McNichol and disputes of rumors of board opposition, insisting the dinner may proceed with party support. Williams also targets Kelly for press statements and defends his roaming campaign ties to local black voters.
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Toney
AL McNichol
Board of Supervisors
War Board
Williams
McNichol
Marple
Robert W. Wenner
Gable
H. Walter Weaver
Warren ‘Bullen Jy
Washington
Delaware
Robert Fy
Kelly
Springfield
GOP
Nixon
Capitol
Emergency energy bill seeks Nixon broad powers
Washington AP reports a hard-fought emergency energy bill advancing in Congress aims to grant the president sole authority to act on energy measures. A mid afternoon meeting with energy chief William E. Simon signals nearing decisions on gasoline rationing as Teamsters reopen trucking contract talks to shield workers’ pay amid the energy crisis.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate House _conference committee
William E. Simon
Simon
Ad Energy’ Emergency Action Group
Teamsters
Associated Press
Deaity
Aaa
Weather wrapup forecast and past conditions
The report notes highs of 35 today and 40 Monday with a low of 30 and a morning 21. It records yesterday's 25 high and 21 low and shows precipitation at 0 in 24 hours and 3.52 inches for the month. Extended outlook calls for cloudy Friday with a chance of rain or snow Saturday and fair Sunday, daytime highs in the upper 30s to low 40s.
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Chester Tidewater
Man Found Asphyxiated In Ridley Township Truck
Terrance Kelly, 22, of 2553 Secane Road, Ridley Township, was found dead in a garage inside a running van type truck with tools and tape cartridges nearby. Police say the death appears accidental as detectives review circumstances. He was taken to Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park and pronounced dead on arrival.
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Ridley
Terrance Kelly
Secane Road
Charles W. McElwain
Kelly
Miss Kelly
Milmont Fire Co
Taylor Hospital
Ridley Park
McElwain
Teacher hearing set over pupil injury at Chichester Junior High
UPPER CHICHESTER officials schedule a formal dismissal hearing in January for a Chichester Junior High School teacher accused of striking a student. Parents allege the boy was hit in the mouth after being out of his seat for writing an obscene word on a desk. The board says Lloyd Stover has been suspended since the December 13 incident.
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UPPER
Chichester
Lloyd”Stover
Stover
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas
Garnet Valley
Train Derailment Injures Four in Viscose Village
A Penn Central chain-loaded train derailed on a siding near Yates Avenue and Chestnut Street in Viscose Village. Four crew members were hospitalized at Sacred Heart Hospital in Chester with two admitted and two treated. cause under investigation and destination unknown.
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Chester
Tragic trolley crash claims boy in Sharon Hill area
Police and rescue units raced to the scene after a boy, a fifth grader from Holy Spirit School, was struck by a trolley near Sharon Hill Station while sledding by an embankment over SEPTA tracks. Driver John Taylor bailed on $500 bail as coroner inquest planned.
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Gotfried
Richard Fairlamb
Brian McNeil
Fairlamb
Paoli Hospital
McNeil
Marple
Radnor
Newtown Fire Co
Robert
Collingdale Fire Co. No. 2
Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital
Darby
John Taylor
Baltimore Pike
Clifton Heights
Taylor
Christmas Fund Tops 72 as Two Days Remain
Read ers praise kindergarten class at Locust Hill School and community groups for donations to the Merry Christmas Fund. Employees of Hardware and Supply Co Chester and Scott Paper Co Chester contribute sizable sums. McCaffery Village girls Edna Schreffler Patricia Stedner Annette Porter raise funds. Final day to give is Friday with checks to Delaware County Daily Times Chester 1116 or delivery to Chester or Media offices.
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Daily Times
Locust Hill
Upper Chichester
Mary’ Jané Blythe
Patricia Armhold
Hardware and Supply Co
Chester
Scott Paper Co
McCaffery Village
Edna Schreffler
Patricia Stedner
Annette Porter
Merry Christmas Fund
Delaware County Daily Times
E. 8Th St
N. Olive St
Heinz
Lillian Plate
Frank Cannago Jr
Laura
Stan Fowler
Joey
Lisa
Mary H. Seaman
Billy, Fift
Patty
Hallie Adams
Bob Bollinger
Martha Bntire
Earl
Marion Wilgus
Elizabeth J. Walters
Joan Homsher
JV. Leonard
Arlene
Stolen autos seized across multiple counties in police probe
State police traced 28 cars from DiPietro's lot with altered serial numbers to owners in Philadelphia Delaware New Jersey and as far as New York. Arrests for serial number alterations loom as investigators aim to trace local buyers and recover vehicles. Victims may lose cars to rightful owners or insurers and may sue the dealer if needed.
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Uasa
Page One
Delaware
Chester
Dean
Marcus Hook
Shank
Garyl
Philadelphia
New Jersey
New York
DiPietro
Chester man arrested on drug charges after fleeing police
Vincent J. Zardus of the 600 block 7th Street Ridley Township was arrested after fleeing officers who spotted him with a marijuana cigarette. He was arraigned on possession and related charges and released on his own recognizance for a 10 a.m. December 28 preliminary hearing. Narcotics Officers Wendall T. Woodland and Michael Haynes recovered a plastic vial with marijuana, a pipe, and cigarette papers at Eyre Park.
Rutledge approves unchanged 1974 borough budget
Rutledge Borough Council on its third reading adopted a 1974 budget of 43,080 with the tax rate at 21 mills or 21 per 1,000 assessed value. The 20 trash collection fee and 15 fewer rental fee remained, and a police protection contract with Morton was set at 11,844, about 20 percent of total police salary, effective through Dec 31, 1975 and auto-renewal if no notice is given.
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Rutledge
Morton
Shots Fired Into City Bar After Midnight
Police report a gunfire incident at Live Wire Bar on Morton Avenue with no injuries or arrests. A 43 year old man inside pursued suspects’ car, which was later found abandoned at Crospy Street. A debaled pistol with shells and shotgun casings were found in the abandoned vehicle.
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Chmsrisk
Morton Ave
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Chris T. Jelepis
Marcus
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Jelepis
Bert Hodg
Penn Central
Marcus [Ook
Sharon Hill
Newtown
James Williams
John ‘Keefe
Ogden
Thomas Carlyle
Dittert
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Hazel
Ruth
Frank Gricunas
Deborah Radle Albert
Millie Becker
Johnie
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Neal
Archie
Roy
Marian ‘ Hirst
Blythe
Arnhold
Locust Hill School
John McKenna
Belmont Barracks
Middletown Barracks
McKenna
Eyre Park
Eyre Drive
Preston Place
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