Eagles Lose Super Bowl Title Fans Cheer for Hopeful Birds
Philadelphia awoke to a 27-10 Super Bowl XV defeat to the Oakland Raiders. Yet fans linger on Eagles pride, noting their first trip to the big game and planning bets and future hopes as bars echo with mixed emotion.
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UD cops get new contract
Upper Darby Township police have won a two year contract through binding arbitration with a $2000 raise in 1981 and a $1700 increase in 1982. The panel, including Dr Edward B Shils and Howard Hatoff, announced the decision January 13 retroactive to January 1 1981 and ordered an actuarial study by October for FOP review.
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Rutledge Fire Co launches home delivery promo
Rutledge Fire Co one of Delaware County’s oldest volunteer units starts a newspaper subscription drive with the Daily Times. The paper will donate five dollars for each new home delivery sub, coordinating through treasurer Carol Palmer to boost the fire company’s revenue.
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Edgar Calls Halt to U S Military Aid to El Salvador
U S Rep Robert Edgar after a Jan 9 19 fact finding trip near El Salvador borders urged immediate stop to military aid. He and colleagues Mikulski Studds reported atrocities by the Salvadoran military junta and argued U S support fuels communism and Cuban aid to rebels. He cited lack of investigation into the Dec 2 murder of four U S religious workers.
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Parents raise Kane over mayor’s idea
Upper Darby residents respond to Mayor Eugene D. Kane’s remarks at a public hearing on school reorganization. Kane warned of inevitable school closings and urged Aronomink elementary not to be closed as the district weighs two restructuring plans affecting Primos, Cardington-Stonehurst, and Drexel Hill elementary schools.
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Doctoring up the nursing profession
Nurse shortages grow as qualified nurses leave the field and new entrants choose other careers. Hospitals lose beds not to patient demand but to lack of nurses, fueling a cycle of vacancies. Widener dean Janette Packer cites hospitals offering incentives to attract staff and notes ICU bed reductions at George Washington University Hospital.
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Four year old Monty Macomber dies in Greenwood Street fire
In Brookhaven a fatal house fire at 4836 Greenwood Street claimed Monty Macomber a four year old resident. Police said the fire started in the dining room near the kitchen while his mother a 14 year old sister and an unidentified girl escaped injury. Monty entered the home after smoke and flames forced him back.
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