Ambulance crew delivers baby in moving ambulance story
EMS technician Don Swanson and driver Ken Woods helped Martha Bell deliver Sidney Houston Collison Jr in the back of an ambulance parked on Church Lane. The newborn weighed five pounds 13 ounces and measured 18 inches, arriving as Bell neared Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby with aid from another crew.
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East Lansdowne
Don Swanson
Ambu-Care Ambulance Service
Yeadon
Swanson
Ken Woods
Sidney Houston Collison Jr
Church Lane
Baltimore Pike
Mama Martha Bell
West Philadelphia
Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Fitzgerald
Darby
Bell
Woods
Sidney Houston Collison Sr
Daily Times
Pete Zinner
Sidney Houston Dollison Jr
Sidney Dollison Sr
PUC Lifts Eight Year Ban On Outdoor Gas Lights
Harrisburg AP The Public Utility Commission voted to end the eight-year ban on outdoor gas lights for municipalities and businesses. The move follows a similar action by the local government amid long running legal battles over regulation since 1982. D Ignazio's Town House restaurant in Media noted its 24 gas lanterns as a centerpiece, while critics called such lights gas guzzlers. The measure now goes to state review with House and Senate committees weighing in.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Acral
Barry Gross
D'Ignazio
PUC
Gross
Dagnazio’s
House
Senate
PAC
Bill Shane
Linda Taliaferro
Doctor spared jail over drug rap in media court
Dr. Jordan B. Colletta a 63 year old osteopath in Media Colletta convicted five years ago of illegally prescribing Quaaludes to two undercover officers avoided jail. He was resentenced to two years probation after a physician's report found him too ill for imprisonment and his license had been revoked.
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Marlene Digiacomo
Daily Times
Media Courthose
Upws Darby
Jordan B. Colletta
Man found dead in Trainer park
An unidentified 82 year old Chester man was found dead yesterday in Henry Johnson Park, Trainer, by PECO workers. The body was discovered around 3 30 pm. He had been reported missing from the Chester Care Center on June 2. Officials say the death is under investigation and no foul play is suspected at this time.
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Chester
Trainer
Philadelphia Electric Company
Delaware County
Mark Elliott
PECO
Henry Johnson Park
Chester Care Center
15Th
Shaw Streets
Elliott
Chester Robbery After MAC Machine Stop At Fideli Rocks
Chester detective reports an early morning robbery as three men assaulted Charles McGray at a MAC machine on East 23rd Street. McGray, 56, lost his wallet containing $15. No suspects yet. incident under investigation.
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Chester
Fideli+ rocks
4Th Street
Avenue of the States
John Mullen
Charles McGray
East 23Rd Street
Mullen
McGray
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Len Schork
Irene Smith
Sidney
Sandra Elias
Kelly
Trainer Park
Claude S. Colantoni
Middletown
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Colantoni
Anthony R. Semeraro
Business
Pennsylvania
George W. Paige
Man
Mac
T.K. Harvin
W. 9Th Street
Harvin
9Th St
Auburn Village
8Th and Mulberry Streets
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