Catering truck crashes into Nether Prow home in Wall
Tony's Catering Service driver David Yatik, 28, of Milmont Park, lost control of a truck that plowed into 23 Chester Road. Neighbors say speeds were high. Kelley, partially blind and post-surgery, lay trapped amid debris but survived. Yatik was rescued by the Jaws of Life and hospitalized in critical condition.
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Daily Times
Providence Kelley
Chester Road
Wall
Tony
Folsom
David Yatik
Buchan Avenue
Milmont Park
Kelley Cuay
Gee Fae
Yatik
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
Brunhilde Laaken
Mrs. Laaken
Kelley
Delco K-9 helps locate missing Alzheimer’s patient in woods
Caesar, a Delaware County Prison K-9 dog, helped find Sidney Cooper, 50, who wandered from Concord Villa nursing home on May 2 and was missing five days. Found in wooded area near the facility, he was dehydrated but conscious, then taken to Riddle Hospital and returned to Veterans Hospital in Coatesville.
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Harry Richardson
Daily Times
Concordville
Caesar
Delaware County
Concord Villa
Donald Tabbs
Sidney Cooper
Tabbs
Cooper
Riddle Hospital
Tom Adams
John Miller
Nicholas
Veterans Hospital
Coatesville
Toddler killed in freak accident in Christiana
A Clifton Heights couple’s wedding anniversary turned tragic when father Fred Mazza backed over his 14 month old daughter Stephanie in a Christiana driveway. The child died at Brandywine Hospital from a fractured skull and crushed chest. Police say she ran out to the car as Mazza started to back up. The crime scene and medical examiner’s office are handling the investigation.
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Daily Times
Christiana
Clifton Heights
Fred N. Mazza
Stephanie L
Frank Eckman
Mazza
Eckman
Lancaster County
Brandywine Hospital
Chester County
Catharine
Stephanie
Linden Avenue
Boeing and Sikorsky sign tentative LHX contract plan
FOLSOM Pa AP Boeing Vertol and Sikorsky Aircraft sign a tentative agreement to pursue the helicopter LHX with two versions Scout Atta ck and Utility. The Army plans to procure at least 4500 units to replace older light helicopters with day or night missions in poor weather. Final deal expected within 90 days as both firms expand facilities and invest in development.
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Folsom
Ventrilio
Boeing
Sikorsky
Boeing Vertol
Police Officer of the Year Honored for 1964
Delaware County Police Chiefs Association honors Patrolman William M. Driadon for his role in arresting a murder suspect after a gun battle. Driadon, 35, and Darby Police Chief Robert F. Smythe receive the Police Officer of the Year Award for 1964 for wounding one bank robbery suspect in Media and capturing another after a high speed chase.
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Ridley
William M. Driadon
Driadon
Ccuilaata Beans
Rey Tomuanpoe Ness Association
Delaware County Police Chiefs Association
Darby
Robert F. Smythe
Smythe
Chester Heights approves 20¢ unit apartment complex on Ennis Tract
Borough council finalizes approval for a 20¢ unit apartment project at Route 1 and Valleybrook Road. Conditions require completion of Main Road through the site into Concord Township as a through road and on-site sewage plant operation before occupancy permits. Archer Developers seeks state permits for the sewage plant and traffic light.
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Chester Heights — Borough
Ennis
Route 1
Valleybrook Road
Concord Township
Archer Developers
Pennsylvania Department of Integmental Resources
Penndot
Police Chief Eller Receives Highway Safety Award
Brookhaven Police Chief John Eller was among 10 statewide recipients honored May 31 at the Governor's Highway Safety Conference in Harrisburg. PennDOT Secretary Thomas Larson presented the award for Eller’s work in highway safety education through school programs cablevision outreach and newspaper articles on alcohol and driving issues.
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Brookhaven
John Eller
Harrisburg
Penndot
Thomas Larson
Eller
Cablevision
Upland Terrace Resident Wins Borough Beautification Award
Ernest Prudente of Upland Terrace received the boroughs first beautification award at a Monday council meeting. Mayor Frank Kelly presented the plaque to Prudente known as the unofficial mayor of Upland Terrace for planting flowers at the street end and keeping a fence painted. Residents attended and presented a cake to honor the neighbor.
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Collingdale
Ernest Prudente
Upland Terrace
Frank Kelly
Prudente
Stewart Sworn Into Millbourne Borough Council
Charles Stewart aged 54 of 24 Marion Court was sworn in by Mayor Oscar Martenet on Monday to replace resigning council member Christopher Costel. Stewart, an assistant manager at a Philadelphia life insurance firm, takes the oath as Millbourne adds a new council member.
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Millbourne
Oscar Martenet
Charles Stewart
Marion Court
Christopher Costel
Stewart
Philadelphia
Township official urges paper not plastic bag disposal
A township official clarified that newspapers collected curbside should be bundled rather than placed in plastic bags, correcting a misreported practice. The remark emphasizes proper disposal methods and addresses reader confusion about recycling guidelines.
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