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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1973
Page
13
A diaristic account of a Christmas toy shopping spree across multiple stores with crowded aisles, long waits, and tense encounters. The narrator recalls bargain hunters, stressed clerks, a manager’s absence, and near-miss car incidents, ending with a decision to abandon the trip and go home.
In Claymont Sun Oil stations adopt friendly slogan while a rival shop counters with a playful quip. Concord town supervisors mix up bid prices on a trash truck, joking it’s advantageous to pick the lower price. Aston prize winner Ray Will laughs about a doll cake, devil's food. Marple notes a township meeting mix ups with Introductions and titles confusion as officials are misnamed.
A Delaware County promotional price list using images from outside the county triggers a complaint by Philadelphia teacher George W. Garrettson Jr. alleging illegal use of his photo. LCB and chamber officials debate releases and countybound imagery as the $30,000 layout faces scrutiny amid a million copies printed for holiday circulation.
In a four day nonjury trial Judge Joseph W. deFuria acquitted the firm Kevorkian and Glass of criminal action over hydrogen cyanide deaths. The court found occupational health regulations too vague to justify charges. Dewey levied fines totaling 3150 dollars against the company and individuals. DEA charged noise violations which were dismissed. Twenty people survived the incident after Schwing and Rivera fell ill from the gas.
Three Delaware County men were sentenced to 7 to 12 years in state prison for a Felcroft beating of Daniel Centrone. William Franchi, 21, Robert McCabe, 30, and Wayne Lockman, 24, were convicted on assault charges after a June trial. Centrone, 17, was left with a fractured skull and long term injuries from the Delacroix Shopping Center incident involving a motorcycle gang seeking a person named Goldy.
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