Variable skies and showers through Saturday with warm humid air
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness with showers and possible thundershowers, some heavy. Highs in the upper 70s to low 80s today, lows mid to upper 60s, Saturday 80 to 85, with 80 percent precip today and 50 percent tonight. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Sunday to Tuesday highs mid 80s, lows mid 60s to low 70s. Recent data show 0.49 inches in 24 hours, 0.52 inches this month, 18.07 inches year to date. Air quality is good with ozone as the main pollutant.
Jelaviar'e River by Chester Flows Across Day
The Jelaviar river near Chester shows rising water with a high reading and notable flow times at 2 49 p m and two later readings at 9 44 p m and 9 53 p m, indicating fluctuating river levels throughout the day.
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Jelaviar'e River
Chester
Local Marriage Licenses and Divorces Listed
Marriage licenses shown for Luther Metts of Wilmington and Peggy Thompson of Chester Harold Blakemore Jr of Secane and Annette DiMarco of Collingdale Michael Maizel and Leslie Bronfein of Lansdowne William MaMen of Glenolden and Maureen Sharp of Upper Darby Joseph Davis and Angelina Cooper both of Chester. Divorces include Rush from Janice Conner from Martin CoydgQa Harry from Mar White from Douglas Heavien Lynn from Norman Lock from Anna Rothwell from Shirley.
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Luther Metts
Wilmington
Del
Peggy Thompson
Chester
Harold Blakemore Jr
Secane
Annette DiMarco
Collindale
Michael Maizel
Leslie Bronfein
Lansdowne
William MaMen
Glenoldne
Maureen Sharp
Upper Darby
Joseph Davis
Angelina Cooper
Rush
Martin
Janice
Conner
Noreen
Obituary notices list ten local figures by name
Deaths announced for George K Hahn Russell D Sheldon Frank H Preston Walter J Pominak Guy F Cook Ronald H Hale Robin Whaley Lamont D Goldsborough John E Larney Joseph P Redding. The notices provide brief recognition of these individuals without further biographical detail.
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George K. Hahn
Russell D. Sheldon
Frank H. Preston
Walter J. Pomianek
Guy F. Cook
Ronald H. Hale
Robin Whaley
Lamont D. Goldsborough
John E. Larney
Joseph P. Redding
Superman imitator dies after fall from dormitory window
A 20 year old university student Ken Doi of Osaka's Kinki University died after leaping from a third floor dormitory window while reportedly hoping to gain the powers of Superman. He had watched the film Superman II and was drinking with friends when the fatal jump occurred at about 1 45 a m.
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TOK
UPI
Ken Doi
Osaka
Kinki University
Did drugs put the stars in Van Gogh nights
CHICAGO United Press International reports that drugs and alcohol may have shaped Vincent van Gogh's art. Michael Albert Puleo of Case Western Reserve University suggests digitalis could have influenced his golden halos, while noting well documented absinthe use as a psychoactive factor in his work.
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van Gogh
Chicago
UPI
Vincent van Gogh
Michael Albert Puleo
Case Western Reserveiversity School of Medicine
Cleveland
O American Med
Ical Association
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Albert Puleo
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