PECO gets 78.9 million rate hike from PUC ruling
Philadelphia Electric Co will see average residential bills rise as the Public Utility Commission approved a 78.9 million rate increase, with an interim 11.9 million boost already in place. The plan may be appealed. the ruling pegged PE's reserve capacity higher than typical and sparked debate among commissioners.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia Electric Co
Public Utility Commission
Pirate Division
Ray Williams
Commonwealth Court
Williams
PUC
Joseph P. Matuschak
Matuschak
Commission
W. Wilson Goode
Michael Johnson
Louis Carter
Morton man 61 shot to death in burglary case
Charles Stanchick, 61, of 218 Fairhill Road, was killed Thursday evening after his return home during a burglary attempt. District Attorney Frank Hazel said two men tied the wife, Angela Stanchick, 66, and fled after the shooting, seeking a coin collection. Police described two suspects, one white with a briefcase, one black with a stocking mask, who escaped in a late model car.
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Borough
John Hill
Charles Stanchick
Fairhill Road
Hill
County Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Frank Hazel
Stanchick
Clover Store
Baltimore Pike
Hazel
Angela Stanchick
The
Daily Times
Delaware County
Detective q case back in state court
A panel of federal judges sent the Lou D lorio case back to state courts for charter clarification. The judges ruled Judge Joseph Lord should have abstained when he ordered D lorio reinstated with back pay after his 1976 firing for a photo in a Chester County drug dealers’ home. D lorio was later fired again for insubordination and will pursue state court action under the Delaware County Home Rule Charter and county code.
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Lou D’forio
Delaware County
U.S. Circuit Court
U.S. District Court
Joseph Lord
D’lorio
D'lorio
Dist. Atty
Frank Hazel
Chester County
Lord
Council
D'lorie
Hazel
Jack Brian
Chester City Council Adopts 1979 Budget Cut
Chester council passed a 1979 budget of 9,562,300 a 5 percent cut from 1978. A 512,700 reduction is the largest in years while real estate taxes stay at 49 mills per 1000. The austerity plan cites failed federal funding and rising costs.
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Chester
Congress
Man barricaded in room holds off police for hours
Glenolden police assisted by about 15 officers from nearby departments spent over two hours attempting to persuade 20 year old Frank Maginn to surrender after he barricaded himself in a home with a knife. His sister Dottie Maginn, 22, was on the roof bleeding from wounds she suffered during the incident. Frank Maginn was eventually taken into custody at 5:55 a.m. and hospitalized for evaluation after being treated for knife wounds.
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Glenolden
Dottie Maginn
Andrews Ave
Jerard Quinn
James Bramhall
Frank Maginn
Maginn
Ms. Maginn
Clifton Heights
Taylor Hospital
Haverford State Hospital
Crash Kills 10 on United DC-8 Jetliner in Oregon
A United Air Lines DC-8 crashed near Portland International Airport after instructing passengers to brace for impact. Ten dead, including three children, with two crew members among the victims. Thirty-five hospitalized, several in critical condition. pilot Malburn McBroom survived. The craft struck trees and flattened two homes before coming to rest in firs. A second incident in Springfield injures Herbert Wolf, co-owner of Keller & Wolf Contractors, when a ditch cave-in traps him.
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Ore
United Air Lines
New York
Denver
Fire District
Portland International Airport
Multnomah County
United
Forrest Mendenhall
Parker
Colo
Joan Wheeler
Englewood
Richard Harrison
Tulsa
Oklo
Heltzel
Amy Conner
Holden Village
Wash
Malburn McBroom
Loveland
Gresham Community Hospital
McBroom
Springfield
Herbert Wolf
Harwich Road
Tri- County
Wolf
Keller & Wolf Contractors
Church Road
Boeing Vertol
Wolf's Company
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