Elderly man swindled of 400 dollars in Chester
An 88 year old Chester Towers resident was fleeced of 400 by two men posing as a visitor from South Africa. The trio rode in a car near St Michael's Church and Madison Street where the victim handed over 400 as a display of good faith after a staged plan involving a pretend $700 bill.
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Chester
Chester Towers
South Africa
Ezekial
Wises
Wiggins
Mae
10Th Madison Sts
10Th Street
Gas line chaos described by Delaware woman
A Brandywine Hundred resident recalls the long wait for gasoline on Naamans Road and Philadelphia Pike as stations closed and prices spiked to 90 cents a gallon. She witnessed shouting threats, stalled cars, and frustrated drivers while a child slept in the car.
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Linda Demeglio
Daily Times
Claymont
Stouffer
Brandywine Hundred
Kristopher
Gulf
Sunoco
Exxon
Draft blueprint outlined for nationwide selective service
Philadelphia report details secret documents proposing a new wartime draft with local and nonlocal boards and monthly quotas starting to register 18 year olds. Critics say the plan removes timely conscientious objector records and relies on veteran groups for board positions, raising fairness concerns.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Selective Service
Adelphia
Quaker Friends Peace Committee
Uae
House of Representatives
New Jersey
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pace
John Landau
Central Committee For Conscientious Objectors
Quakers
Weather and crash reports in Upper Providence and Ridley
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and possible thundershower through this evening. Highs near 80. lows in the 60s. In Upper Providence two men injured in a head on collision at State and Greenhills Roads. Peter Cockshaw, 45, of Lakeview Circle Newtown, eastbound on State struck Douglas Evans, 21, of Media, westbound. Cockshaw treated and transported with moderate injuries. In Ridley Township a deer struck and killed a Milmont Park motorist on MacDade Blvd near Jefferson Ave around 6 am. The driver Thomas DiCampli, 404 Milmont Ave, was en route to work as a security officer at Franklin Mint when the deer collision damaged the car. Police noted nearby pumping station area as reference. Details on Page 2.
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Upper Providence
State
Greenhills
Peter Cockshaw
Lakeview Circle
Newtown
State Road
Douglas Evans
N. Orange St
Cockshaw
Ridley Township
Milmont Park
MacDade
Jefferson Ave
Thomas DiCampli
Milmont Ave
Franklin Mint
Crum
Seer Pceene
Philadelphia Suburban Water Co
Ridley Township Dedicates Police Building and Library Room
Ridley Township invites residents to the 10 a.m. Saturday dedication of the new Police Administration Building attached to the municipal building at MacDade Blvd and Morton Ave. The public library’s children’s room will be open for inspection. The Delaware County Bar Association committee voted to retain Common Pleas Judges Joseph W. deFuria and Howard F. Reed Jr., with 347 yes and 63 no for deFuria, and 312 yes and 9 no for Reed.
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Ridley Township
Police Administration
MacDade Blvd
Morton Ave
Public Library
Judicial Qualifications Committee
Delaware County Bar Association
Common Pleas
Joseph W. deFuria
Howard F. Reed Jr
Judge deFuria
Judge Reed
Delaware County drivers line up for $5 gas limit plan
Motormen in Delaware County face Gov. Thornburgh's $5 minimum purchase as stations cap sales to conserve dwindling supplies. Lines vary by station from Aston to Ridley as attendants advise motorists on the new rule while some blame the plan for delays and frayed tempers.
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Linda Demeglio
Daily Times
Delaware County
Gov
Dickinburgh
Thornburgh
William W. Scranton
Soa Roused Station, Inc
Lower
Chichester
County gains approval to build new courthouse building
The state Industrial Board of Labor and Industry reversed course and allowed Delaware County to construct a new administration building before finishing repairs on the aging courthouse. The May 31 decision cited health and safety of employees and taxpayers entering the courthouse, per County Administrative Services Director Charles Maggio.
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Industrial Board of the State Pacs of Labor and Indus
L&i
Delaware County
Coe
Arvana
Charles Maggio
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