Gas leak closes Route 252 and evacuates stores in Newtown
Ten stores on West Chester Pike and section of Route 252 were evacuated or closed for over four hours after police reported a gas leak at 7:58 p.m. near 6 N. Newtown Street Road. PECO denied a leak, stating workers were repairing a gas main and that police may have perceived a gas odor. Route 252 north remained closed late, while southbound traffic reopened at 8:15 p.m. No injuries reported.
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Newtown
Philadelphia Electric Co
Brian Mitchell
Newtown Street Road
West Chester Pike
McNeill
PECO
Mike McCormick
McCormick
Greased pig prank disrupts Newtown school day
A 50-pound white pig coated with petroleum jelly and sprayed with the number 89 and obscene marks roamed the first floor of a school at 120 S. Media Line Road after a senior prank. Animal Control Officer Stacey Cella and a janitor secured the pig while Principal Dr. John Wingerter called the incident a senior class prank.
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John M. Roman
Daily Times
Newtown
Animal Control
Stacey Cella
S. Media Line Road
Cella
John Wingerter
Beij ing evacuation attempt amid Tiananmen turmoil for American staff
Upper Providence man Richard Gaskins of Westinghouse Electric coordinates safe exit for four foreign staff in Beijing after pro democracy protests. Three left for safer areas. one American seeking return to US, another to Singapore, a Filipino woman to Manila. Chinese passports complicate the escape. Gaskins plans to return when stable.
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Daily Times
Tiananmen Square
Providence
Beijing
Richard Gaskins
Westinghouse Electric
China
Hong Kong
Gaskins
United States
Singapore
Manila
Irene
Delaware County
Upper Providence
Irene Gaskins
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