Chester Men Sentenced for Rainbow Inn Hold Up
Two Chester men Benjamin H. Davis and Richard Jackson were each sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison for the October 28, 1967 holdup of bartender Leo Chapman at the Rainbow Inn. Davis shot Chapman twice. $143 and two liquor bottles were taken. They also face related charges from a nearby heist.
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Chester
Davis
Nicholas ©. Theodore
Joseph W. deFaria
Theodore
Jackson
Robert F. Pappano
Chapman
Ben Davis
deFuria
Ben
Gourder
Eastern Correctional Institution
Philadelphia
Broadmeadows
Thornbury
Typical Spelling Champ Is Little Has Dark Hair
Local eighth grade spelling champions show trends. Most past winners are dark brown haired seventh graders from small county families. The upcoming March 15 bee at Springfield Junior High will select one entrant from public private and parochial schools for the Washington DC finale prize package.
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Champ
Delaware County Daily Times
Tim
Lower Chichester
Upper ‘Darby
Arthur Walsh
Swarthmore
Johanna Hespenheide
Upper Providence
Pamela Brangan
Newtown
Steve Markowski
Upper Darby
Maria Crist
Chester
Thomas Coyle
Steve Markawix
Patricia Fitzsimmons
the Times
Tom Coyle
Jthe Coyle
Kathleen
Glenolden
Ind
Ear nyPublic
Springfield Junior High School
Woodland Avenue
Daily Times
Washington, D. C
Chester man convicted of voluntary manslaughter in stabbing death
A 42-year-old Chester man Calvin Whittington was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the April stabbing death of Wallace Lang during a scuffle at Flower and Mary streets. The judge ordered a pre sentence investigation after dropping related charges.
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Media
Chester
Calvin Whittington
Wallace Lang
St. Frise
deFurla ‘Lang
Father Killed in Fire Near Lancaster
Charles J. Mowrer Jr., father of two, died in a blaze that swept the first floor of his two story Columbia, Pennsylvania home on Sunday. The fire emergency crews fought the flames in the early hours, while investigators began examining the scene.
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Columbia, Pa
Charles J. Mowrer Jr
Lancaster
Morrisville Man Free On Bail After Wife Shot
Raymond Sanchez 33 Morrisville is free on 1 bail after allegedly shooting his wife in the face on Sunday The part time policeman said the accidental shooting occurred while he was reloading his revolver He was charged with assault and battery assault with a deadly weapon and wantonly pointing a firearm His wife suffered burns and a bullet graze
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Morrisville
Raymond Sanchez
Community notices for New Year events and meetings
Local civic groups across Aston Glenolden Norwood and adjacent towns publish New Year notices including budget adoption steps, church services, youth clubs, and council meetings. Events span YMCA registrations, Watch Night services, post 566 American Legion activities, and borough hall sessions.
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Central Ymca
Y-Delco Cysts
Eddystone
Borough Hall
Glenolden
Glenollen Borough
Sodality
St. George's
Murray’ Stuart Post
American Legion
Paul Haynes
Isabel Ave
Lower Chichester
Immanuel Lutheran Church
John Wesley Cross
Thame
Prospret Park
Sospadt Park
Ridley Park
YMCA
Chester Rotary Club
Barney Club
Providence Avenue
Folsom
St. Daniel’s United Mathorist
Chasch and Spencer Memorial Uame
Family quarrel ends in Philadelphia fatal shooting
Marion Crumpton, 48, was shot to death Sunday in his West Philadelphia home during a family quarrel. Roosevelt Johnson, 57, Crumpton’s brother in law, was charged with murder and firearms violations.
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Philadelphia
Marion Crumpton
West Philadelphia
Crumpton
Roosevelt Johnson
Youth Gets Probation After Campus Narcotics Case
Frederick Dickson, 18, former PMC Colleges student from Silver Spring, Md, was fined 100 and placed on one year probation for selling two dollars worth of marijuana in a Chester campus narcotics raid. He pleaded guilty on September 25 as part of a group of students charged. several were discharged or later pleaded guilty. Dickson’s case, moved from Juvenile Court to Quarter Sessions, had its sentencing postponed for background review.
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PMC Colleges
Chester
Paul R. Sand
Frederick Dickson
Silver Spring
N. Viet Nam
Wallace
Rickson
Dickson
Quarter Sessions Court
Tudge Sand
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Richard Jackson
Jeffrey St
Forge Road
Chester Creek
Frank Remy
Kathy Begley
Whittington
Flower and Mary Sts
Hopin Lang
Qeality
a _Erettsmanship
Market ST
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia Metro Area
Span
Phila
Chaster Delamere County Daily Times
Cantesville Record
Ardmore Mainline Times
North Penn Reporter
Norristown Times Herald
Phoenixvilla Daily Republican
Pottstown Mercury
Upper Darby News
Delaware County
West Chester Daily
Delaware Valley
Phane
Es Capital Finance Corporation
Capital Consumer Discount Oae Ream
Aston
Norwood
Carneil
Tall Atlantian
Upper Providence Unitarian Church
Aston Mt. Hoos Methodist Church
Rotary Clu
Chester Pike
Anderson House
Interbara
Glenolden Fire Co
Murray Stuart
American Eaton
Marcus Hook
Irencuse
Media Media Optimist Club
Tawne
First United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Middletown
Pesbyterian
Jerusalem
Chorch
Lima
Norwood Fire Co
Parkside
Arian Council
Knights of Columbus
Trainer Methodist Church
Philly
Chester Woodworking
East 7Th St
Chester, Pa
RED Cross
Cobbies
Slater
Egmont Avenue
Santa
Prospect Park
Torrelllis
Torelli's
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