Prostitution raid at Lou Turk's Tavern. tavern torched after bust
Twenty people were arrested in a Saturday vice raid at Lou Turk's Tavern on Island Road and Powhattan Avenue for prostitution and running a corrupt organization. A suspicious fire, deemed arson, gutted the tavern hours later. Eleven read as patrons, employees, and owners face charges. authorities allege repeated violations and a deliberate blaze with a suspect in mind.
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Sunday Times
Tinicum
Lou Turk
Island Road
Powhattan Avenue
Lou Saddie
Tinicum Township
Davies
Health Department
Anthony Truscello
Audrey J Browne
Margerie Brown
Janet Butler
Anthony Ferrie
Mark Saddie Davies
Louis
Connie Saddie
Powhattan Corporation
Fire at Lou Turk's Club a suspicious two alarm blaze
About 100 firefighters from Essington, Lester and Ridley Park battled a two alarm fire at Lou Turk's Club early Saturday. A ceiling collapsed injuring Ridley Park firefighter Wayne Keeler, who was treated and released. Damage is estimated at 20 000 to 30 000 dollars. The fire is under investigation with arson charges alleged by an assistant district attorney.
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Sunday Times
Lou Turk
Powhatten
Essington, Lester
Ridley Park
Essington
Walter Lee
Lee
Wayne Keeler
Paul Bustin
Keeler
Taylor Hospital
Owens
William J. Davies
Pope John Paul II echoes Polish saints in mass at Niepokalanow
In Niepokalanow Poland Pope John Paul II urged moral victory through love not force citing St Maximilian Kolbe and St Stanislaus. He linked Poland’s history with a call for social peace and national reconciliation amid ongoing political tensions.
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Kolbe
Poland
Stanislaus
Boleslaw the Bold
Maximilian
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Walesa waits for word on meeting with Pope in Poland
Lech Walesa waited like a nervous bridegroom for official confirmation of the time and place for his meeting with Pope John Paul II. John Paul had petitioned Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski for the right to meet the former Solidarity leader. Jaruzelski agreed to a meeting but would not promise easy access as Walesa, his wife Danuta, and Rev Jankowski stayed out of sight awaiting word.
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Gdansk
Poland
UPI
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Pope John Paul II
John Paul
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Solidarity Union
Jaruzelski
Walesa
Danuta
Jankowski
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Joseph J. Hart
Liquor Control Board
Laddie
Browne
Butler
Ferrie
Truscello
Commonwealth
Kyle Barrett
Saddie
George Lewis
Lewis
Jansen Avenue
Niepokalanow
John Paul II
Warsaw
Niepokala
Maximilian Kolbe
Auschwitz
St. Paul
Lech
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