School board settles with transsexual teacher in dispute
Chester Upland School Board approved a mutual agreement with Jewell Ashlie ending her dismissal for alleged incompetence after a sex change. The $20,000 district payout plus $5,000 back pay and costs, funded partly by insurance, resolves the dispute without further litigation.
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Andy Reynolds
Daily Times
Chester — Jewell Ashlie
Chester Upland School District
Ms. Ashlie
Chester Upland School Board
Ashlie
Jack Brian
Brian
Pennsylvania State Education Association
PSEA
Philadelphia
Dorothy
U.S
Hlie
Willie Mae Leake
Earl L. Foster
Gabriel Ingram
Bridge plan leaves Middletown traffic with two lanes
PennDOT rejects a 1.3 million plan to replace the Route 352 and Route 1 bridge with a new four-lane span. The bridge will be rebuilt with a new deck and slightly wider roadway. a separate approach bridge will be added. Budget overruns and funding limits push the project toward a two-lane solution despite traffic growth since the 1930s and 122 accidents from 1974 to 1976. Local officials debate bonds to fund broader upgrades while urging immediate safety.
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Chris Gaylord
Daily Times
Dletown
Middletown Road
Baltimore Pike
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Penndot
Pike
Edia
Nia
Middletown
Daecher
Granite Run Mall
Bell
J Lancellor
Roads and Safety Committee
Ete
Lancellot
Robbers Hit Wyeth Laboratories in lunchtime heist
Four Black males in white lab coats robbed Wyeth Laboratories of about 46000 at gunpoint during lunch. They tied a teller and fled in a Cutlass Oldsmobile toward the Villanova line, abandoning the car at the station and escaping in a Lincoln Continental. Police expect progress today and note no Wyeth employee involvement. Pay day was today and the building housed several people during the robbery.
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Radnor
Wyeth Laboratories
Maurice Hennessey
Mae
Villanova
Hennessey
King
Delco boys return found cash to rightful owner
In Upper Darby two Delaware County youths, 13 year old Stephen Scalco and 13 year old 3, turned in found cash to police, aiding Linda Freeman of Merwood Drive who had reported the missing money earlier.
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Upper Darby
Billy Joel
Delaware County
David
Stephen Scalco
Merwood Drive
Linda Freeman
Scalco
Town to honor John Wayne with 30 day flag salute
Upper Darby will keep the American flag at half staff for 30 days outside the township building in tribute to actor John Wayne who died this week. Mayor Eugene Kane called the star a longtime idol and said he symbolized America.
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Upper Darby
John Wayne
Eugene
Sonny) Kane
America
Peach Bottom plant shutdown deemed danger free
Federal officials say the Peach Bottom unit shut down due to a faulty relief valve posed no danger and that tests will check for iodine release while state milk samples are collected. Gov. Thornburgh protests PE’s late notification and seeks NRC assurances. PE attributes valve opening to maintenance shutdown with no radioactive release.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Peach Bottom
Dick Thornburgh
Philadelphia Electric Co
Unit Three
Paul Critchlow
Thornburgh
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Harold Denton
Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Critchlow
Denton
NRC
Ron Harper
Harper
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Clifton Heights
Manoa
SEPTA
Farwood Rd
Haverford
Madison St
4Th
5Th Sts
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Bob Wager
Gineer
Clarence D. Bell
Delaware River
Radnor Firm
Upper Merion High School
Semeigal
Jay Smith
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Smith
Sears
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76Ers
Jack McMahon
Philadelphia 76Ers
Salvation Army Corps Community Center
15Th Street
Arbor Drive
McMahon
Big Shot
Si Ieeedens
Anneal Rite Soother
Wayne Tribute
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