Fire devastates bricked Chester flats leaving 25 homeless
A three alarm blaze gutting an old brick apartment at 311 W 9th Street in Chester left about 25 residents homeless in 10 degree weather. The blaze started just before 9 am and heavily damaged a adjacent house at 309 W 9th Street. Tenants escaped injury. several families found temporary shelter with a neighbor at 315 W 9th Street. About 30 city firefighters and 15 firemen battled the flames. See FIRE: Page 2.
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Chester
John Roman
Daily Times
W. 9Th Street
Delaware County
George T. Lewis
James McDonald
9Th St
Walt Chernu
W. 9Th St
County legislators gain share of committee secretary posts
In the 1981 82 session final committee assignments Speaker Matthew J. Ryan named five county lawmakers as committee secretaries. Mary Ann Arty heads the appropriations panel while Kathrynann Durham, Arthur F. Early, John Alden and Gerald J. Spitz also received secretary posts in consumer and urban affairs judiciary liquor control.
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Harrisburg
Delaware County
Matthew J. Ryan
Mary Ann Arty
Springfield
Appropriations Committee
Kathrynann Durham
Parkside
Arthur F. Early
Chester
John Alden
Radnor
Gerald J. Spitz
Prospect Park
Solons
Man shot during holdup in Chester Sun Village
Frank Wonderly, 41, of 1300 Hancock St, was shot about 9 43 p m Tuesday while working on his van and robbed of money. He is listed in stable condition at Chester Medical Center. Police describe the shooter as a black male about 20 or 21, 5 foot 5 inches, who fled without money.
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Chester
Sun Village
Frank Wonderly
Hancock St
Chester Medical Center
Wonderly
Blue Route jobs could offset Sun Ship losses
A PennDOT study projects the Midcounty Expressway Blue Route will create 16,830 permanent jobs in Delaware County, with 4,454 in new and expanded business and 12,376 in supplier and service industries, offsetting 3,100 Sun Ship reductions. The analysis accompanies budget materials for Gov. Thornburgh and legislative committees.
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Sun Ship
Harold D. Ellis
Harrisburg Bureau
Harrisburg
Delaware County
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Dick Thornburgh
Appropriations
Senate
House
Sun Ship layoffs spark city talks on aid plan
Chester Mayor Joseph F. Battle Jr. said Sun Ship Inc plans mass layoffs seen as an economic Dunkirk. Talks with Sun Ship officials on compensation to Chester and Eddystone are at an early stage with no amounts discussed. He warned a 3,100 job cut would pull over $600,000 in annual tax revenue and trigger a multiplier effect, risking about 12,400 indirect jobs.
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Harry Maitland
Daily Times
Chester
Sun Ship Inc
Joseph F. Battle Jr
Battle
Sun Ship
Eddystone
Sun Co. Inge
Sun Sun Ship
Radnor
Chester Mayor Seeks Genuine Arab Investors After Losses
Chester Mayor Joseph F. Battle Jr. joked about contacting genuine Arab investors after a major employer left. He says the city will seriously pursue foreign backing, eyeing facilities like the Riverbridge Industrial Center and a Reynolds Metals plant site, to attract money. The FBI Abscam scandal is referenced in relation to prior events.
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Chester
Joseph F. Battle Jr
Weinberg
Battle
FBI
Abscam
Th Riverbridge
Reynolds Metals Co
Budget gap narrowed for Delaware County child services
Gov. Thornburgh announced that a $1.3 million shortfall in Delaware County's child welfare budget will be partly filled. An earlier 35 percent state cut reduced the Department of Children and Youth Services budget from $5 million to $3.7 million, forcing layoffs and facility closures. An additional $10 million in state funds will fund in home services for dependent and delinquent youth in the current year, with counties to be notified soon of exact amounts.
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Times
Harrisburg
Delaware County
Dick Thornburgh
Department of Children and Youth Services
CYS
Thornburgh
Helen B. O’bannon
Vendor claims harassment by town over vending permit
Charles Dougherty a 63 year old produce vendor in Yeadon claims borough officials are harassing him after losing a court case over efforts to bar fixed peddling. He says a disorderly conduct citation was issued by police and his vending license renewal was denied. The council adopted a December 30 ordinance restricting peddling to licensed structures, drawing opposition from residents who say it targets Dougherty.
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William Alive
Daily Times
Yeadon
Delaware County Court
Charles Dougherty
Dougherty
Leon LaRosa
Yeadon Fruit and Produce
Church Lane
Guenther Avenue
Yeadon Borough
James J. Freeman
Delaware County
Howard J. Reed Jr
Father of eight tearfully confesses murder in court
George Smith, 42, of Chadds Ford, admitted stabbing a Parker couple in their home after attempting to rape Mrs. Parker. He pleaded guilty to burglary, attempted rape, and indecent assault and faces life plus additional sentences. The case, heard in Chester County Court, followed the discovery of Mrs. Parker and the perpetrator by her two children.
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Allen Davis
West Chester
George Smith
Chester County
Chadds Man
Rape Smith
Chadds Ford
Smith
Common Leason
Leonard Sugerman
Freeman
Parker
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