Fire in Springfield leaves five homeless
A Tuesday night blaze destroyed a three story home at 200 Wy. on Bo center in Springfield, displacing the Dietz family. Firefighters faced hidden flames, battled from 8:45 p.m. until about midnight, with 80 firemen from multiple companies aiding and several responders treated for smoke inhalation. The Dietz family sought relatives in Springfield afterward.
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Turner
Two drug smugglers captured after large opium haul
Police report capturing two drug smugglers and seizing top grade opium valued at about 2 million. The opium, produced in Afghanistan and moved via Iran to Kashan, was intended for Tehran distribution. Iran imposes firing squad for large drug offenses, with authorities claiming steep drops in trafficking. Chester police seek witnesses to a Tuesday hit and run injuring a 60 year old man, Ernest G Everett, at Morton Ave and Green St. He remains in ICU with a crushed chest.
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Chester
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Crozer- Chester Medical Center
Upland
Sharon Hill
Daily Times
Barbara Kesser
Sept. Ave
Glenolden
Pony Tail Bar
Freda’ Thomas
W. 6Th St
Joseph Gualtieri
Providence Road
Morton
Springfield
Christmas restaurant robbery ends with pursuit and arrest
A man robs a Lawrence Township Horn and Harart restaurant of cash and coffee, fleeing in a car driven by Alonzo Jones Sr. He orders Leppert to fill a bag with cash while keeping a gunlike gesture. Manager John Taylor pursues. Jones later returns to explain. The robber remains at large as Jones is held for arraignment.
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Horn & Haraart
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John Taylor
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Turkish elder statesman Inonu dies in Ankara
Inonu, longtime Turkish leader Ysmet Inonu, dies in Ankara with flags at half staff. Turkish officials mourn the elder statesman as tributes pour in from government and opposition figures.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ysmet Inonu
Countian craftsman preserves Queen Anne chair tradition
Schwarzkopf has lived in the Concord Rodd home five months and plans to convert an old barn into a shop. He describes cabinetmaking as a dying art and notes few artisans willing to take on intricate work. He is finishing five Queen Anne chair reproductions valued at 1200 dollars each and estimates 200 hours per chair. Project totals reach 2875 hours from research to completion.
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Schwarzekopf
Concord Rodd
Chadds Ford
Be Victim Shot Three Times in Chester AL
A 36 year old man was shot three times and left in his car after leaving the A P W E O store at South and Yarnall streets. He was in guarded condition at Saved Heart Hospital with wounds to the chest and left arm. Police say he handed over 85 cents before being shot multiple times. Detective Capt. Herbert Wright noted details remain unclear.
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Crozer-Chester Medical Center
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Saved Heart Hospital
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Yarnall Ste
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Troney
Herbert Wright
Girl accuses serviceman in Brandywine scandal
An 18 year old Devonshire girl charges a 17 year old Knollwood Marine with assault and abduction after arranging a ride from a church meeting in Westwood Manor Brandywine Hundred. Thomas Joseph Richards of Balfour Road is held in Bridge House Wilmington in default of 5000 dollars bail.
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Delaware
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Joseph Richards
Balfour Road
Valley Run
Carpenter Road
Chichester
Richards
Bridge House
Wilmington
Hearing Set in Delaware Drug and Weapon Case
Wesley D. Yanonis of 20 block W 8th Street Wilmington faces a preliminary hearing January 2 in Wilmington Municipal Court on charges including possession of cocaine and methamphetamine, possession of a deadly weapon during a felony, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, possession by a convicted felon, and receiving stolen property. He is held on a $5500 bond after a stop at 30th and Tatnall Streets December 20 by Wilmington Police.
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Chester Joan
Wesley D. Yanonis
8Th Street
Wilmington Municipal Court
Yanonis
30Th
Tatnall Sts
Delaware County Community College Offers Police Training Program
The college, with Chester County and the district attorney's office, will run a 300 hour in service law enforcement education program for police officers on the West Chester State College campus. Beginning February, sessions will occur the first week of each month for seven months, eight hours daily. Instructor list includes Toby Bright, a former FBI agent and current assistant professor, plus staff from juvenile probation and district attorney offices, FBI, and the colleges involved.
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Chester County District , Attorney’s Office
West Chester State College
Toby "Bright
FBI
Chester County
West Chester State
Local Youth Named to Cazenovia College Parents Council
W. Tyler Peaberry Jr. of Rose Valley Road Moylan has been named to the 1973674 Cazenovia New York College Parents Council, expanding the college community's parent involvement.
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W. Tyler Peaberry Jr
Rose Valley Road
Moylan
Cazenovia
N.Y
College Parents Council
Holiday marred by terrorism and weather fallout across Europe
The year end holidays were marked by bombings in Belfast and Italy’s rain filled Riviera while snow trapped hikers in the Alps and Berlin border tensions rose. West Berliners planned visits to East Berlin as guards repaired wall holes amid ongoing conflict.
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Northern Ireland
Fréfich Alps
Riviera
Genoa
West Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Hanoi
Weather wrapup and holiday reports across regions
The update tracks temperatures with high 44 and low 40 today, 55 high next day, and 25 to 30 overnight near weekend. notes sun and moon times, plus a mixed regional narrative including Singapore lights out on Christmas Eve and security incidents in Santiago and Buenos Aires surrounding the holiday period.
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Singapore
Santiago
Argentina
Juan"d. Peron
Mms
Wwe
Buenos Aires
Surburb
Peron
PECO sulphur fuel hearing reset for January 2
A public hearing on PECO's request to burn higher sulphur fuel oil at Chester and three other plants has been rescheduled to 1 6 a m January 2 at DER regional office in Norristown. The hearing will review a variance from air pollution standards for December 31 to April 2 1974 with testimony from those wishing to comment.
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PECO
Chester
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
DER
New Hope St
Norristown
Exdystane
Norristoft
Phoenixville
South Vietnamese to Resume Talks With Viet Cong
Viet Nam negotiators and Communist representatives agreed to meet again Friday in Paris after three weeks of partial sessions. The talks aim to ease tensions and resume bilateral discussions despite prior walkouts and interruptions.
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UPI
Walker
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