Crestfallen spelling champ beats a French word
The Daily Times reports Greg Posey, the spelling champion, faltered in the National Spelling Bee at The Capital Hilton when he added an extra e to trottor? No, trott as trottoir meaning footpath, after drawing his sword in a playful fiction.
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Patti Mengers
Daily Times
Washington, D.C
Greg Posey
the Daily Times
Capital Hilton
Upper Chichester
Greg
Linda McDermott
Chichester Junior High
Trindy Posey
McDermott
Philadelphia
U.S
Curt Weldon
Capital Hill Club
Weldon
Delaware County
U.S. Capitol
Capitol Building
Marcus Hook
National Zoo
Briarcliff stove fire injures no one in two alarms
A Briarcliff row home on Academy Avenue experienced a fast spreading stove fire before 2 pm, with extensive smoke damage on both floors. Delaware County Fire Marshal George Lewis ruled the blaze accidental and said a resident tried to extinguish the fire from the basement without success.
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Darby
Briarcliff Row
Academy Avenue
Delaware County
George Lewis
Lewis
Knife wielder sentenced for assault and robbery in Media
Willie Lewis, 27, of the 4900 block of Parrish Street, was sentenced to 10.2 to 21 years after a jury found him guilty of assaulting and robbing a Media woman who testified she now fears sleeping without a knife. The victim identified Lewis as her attacker from the March 25 1988 incident, during which he threatened her and her cat and accused her of having a disease.
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Philadelia
Willie Lewis
Parrish Street
Joseph T. Laburin
John Whelan
Lewis
Abe Cheno
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