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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1981
Page
4
Swarthmore fire brigade responded to an unconfirmed gas main leak near Route 320 and Fairview Road after 11 p.m. A Bell Telephone dig incident was linked to the event while an PECO supervisor said the exact nature could not be described and no explosion occurred.
Council President John Moccia acts as mayor during John Skulski six week leave. Moccia retains voting rights but cannot veto council actions while in this temporary capacity.
YEACON The William Penn School Board approved an average 6 percent pay raise for district administrators and 11 percent for district secretaries retroactive to the month start. Superintendent Dr. Mark C. Nagy chose a 5 percent increase as a district based 1981 Cutlass Oldsmobile sedan.
Daily Times reports on Nancy Pearson a Newark Delaware psychic aiding Pennsylvania and Delaware State Police in the Denise Pierson case missing since April 14. Her visions point to a pond in northern Delaware. divers search postponed. she claims 80 percent accuracy and credits police skepticism followed by cautious belief after clues emerge.
Michael Madonna a 17 year old from Drexel Hill was sentenced to one year probation and juvenile shelter work after pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter for driving an 18 foot Boston whaler while intoxicated and fatally striking Kevin J. Fitzpatrick 16 of Rosemont on August 10 1980 in Atlantic County. The case was heard in Atlantic County Juvenile Court.
A Drexel Hill youth received one year probation and 60 hours of weekly community service at the County Juvenile Detention Center in Northfield New Jersey. The case stems from an August boating incident near Ocean City where a high speed run near the beach endangered bystanders. The youth, an honor student at Malvern Preparatory School and a former football and wrestling standout, is the son of Rosemont business owner.
Williams of North Williams Circle sues Sun-Maid Growers in California alleging maggots in raisins sold in Chester caused her to ingest larvae. She cites a Sept 26 incident where a Seones raisin pack in a Chester food item allegedly contained maggots and notes Irene Seidman was in a car with a friend during the consumption.
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