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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1983
Page
2
A brief news item notes a community weather event affecting residents and businesses on page 14. It mentions local officials advising caution and recounts minor property or schedule impacts reported by several witnesses. No serious damage or injuries are described.
In Houston police will stop 225 courteous motorists and hand them $10 checks donated by the Independent Insurance Agents of Houston. The program, now in its second year, aims to promote polite driving while weather and snow flurries kept officers busy with other duties.
In Owatonna Minnesota Roy Collette retrieves a yearly Christmas tradition from his brother in law Larry Kunkel a pair of moleskin pants hidden inside 15 canisters within a 17.5 foot red rocket ship weighing six tons. The pants have traveled through playful stunts since the 1960s, including being placed in a glass pane insulated window a 5 gallon can of concrete in a Gremlin and a tire filled with concrete. Collette vows to extract them next Christmas, even if it means dismantling the ship.
Harriet Aibel of Westchester waited a month to collect her $3 million prize to focus on an adult education literature exam. The 61 year old enrolled student feared publicity and believed education mattered more than money. After delay she claimed the prize while in New York City with her husband, aiding a Broadway trip.
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