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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1980
Page
1
The Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund nears halfway to its $16,000 target by Christmas Eve. Donations must exceed $1,000 daily to reach the goal as the Salvation Army Chester Corps prepares toys and food baskets for about 800 needy families and individuals.
A brief weather item notes a mild Monday night with low temperatures easing. No significant events or warnings.
Chester Mayor Joseph F. Battle Jr. backs a tri state port authority to save the Ports of Philadelphia from economic decline. A six month study by the Philadelphia Committee of Seventy urges regional cooperation with Pennsylvania Delaware and New Jersey. The plan argues neglect and lack of coordinated effort hurt the port and that Wilmington and Camden ports could be redeveloped locally. Battle emphasizes a tri state approach is essential to port development and opposes one port in isolation.
SEPTA board officials discuss temporarily borrowing a top Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer to help pick candidates for SEPTA police investigators. They emphasize security for riders and staff as a priority, noting rising spending and expanded guard coverage since 1978 across Delaware County and the Red Arrow Division.
Gov Dick Thornburgh renominated former Delaware County district attorney Stephen J McEwen Jr of Upper Darby to the state superior court. He and Democrat Phyllis Beck were among eight nominees for an expanded court, but neither reached the senate floor for confirmation last month.
A local tale describes a clearinghouse named Whims that arranges hard to find goods and odd gifts for unusual occasions. Clients seek elaborate requests from helicopter bouquets to theater fantasies, with stories of couples and birthdays illustrating the quirky service.
Ruth Ann Mullen, 24, of 311 Yarnell Street, was charged with homicide in the Sunday shooting death of Dwight Hodges, 31, of 1908 West 9th Street. Hodges died at Crozer Chester Medical Center after being shot at Mullen's residence around 2:30 a.m. Mullen faced arraignment on homicide, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment, released on $10,000 bail. Preliminary hearing set for December 29.
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