Delco boater missing after bayou crash near Little Tinicum Island
Clifton Heights man John Lipka, 20, presumed drowned after a 14 foot motorboat struck a lighted buoy and capsized 300 yards from Little Tinicum Island. Three companions were rescued by a passing tug The Tender Nine and brought to Gibbstown. Coast Guard and marine police continued area patrols through the night as the search ended at 10 a.m. The victims include Michael Christie Aldan Daniel Kilman Holmes and David Lipka Wyncliffe Avenue. The incident remains under investigation.
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Jeffrey Craig
Daily Times
Tinicum
Clifton Heights
Little Tinicum Island
John Lipka
Wyaci Avenue
Delaware River
Marine Police
Lee Tilton
Lipka
Mobil Oil
Gibbstown
N.J
Michael Christie
Providence Road
Aldan
Daniel Kilman
Green Street
Holmes
David Lipka
Wyncliffe Avenue
Tilton
U.S. Coast Guard
Gloucester
Essington
Eddystone
William Lipka
Lawmaker questions DUI jail compliance despite high sentencing rates
Harrisburg Rep. George Saurman presses for a House investigation into why judges allegedly ignore mandatory jail terms under the 1983 drunken driving law. He cites state figures showing 98 percent jailed in 1985 and 99 percent in 1986, while the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency notes 20 percent jailed in 1983.
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Times
Harrisburg
George Saurman
Montgomery
Pennnsylvania Commission On
Saurman
House
Pennsylvania Commission On Crime and Delinquency
Commission On Sentencing
Robin L. Lubitz
Eee
Claus
Commission
Delaware County unveils glass recycling processor
Chester county reveals a $400,000 private industry funded glass processor at Riverbridge Industrial Complex to crush and recycle glass from local igloos. Bassichis Co. expects 50 000 tons yearly with $5 million in landfill savings and $1 million in glass sales. Municipalities will be reimbursed $20 per ton.
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Chester
Delaware
Riverbridge
Bassichis Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Roger D. Hecht
Bassichis
Nicholas F. Catania
Delaware County Council
Hecht
Catania
Wills Eye Exec to Speak at Springfield Lions Dinner
James J. Mulvihill associate executive director and chief operating officer of Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia will address the Springfield Lions at a Tuesday 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Alpine Inn. He will describe the hospital functions and operation serving more than 225000 sight impaired patients annually.
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Springfield
James J. Mulvihill
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia
Springfield Lions
Alpine Inn
Mulvihill
Local meetings slated across several townships this evening
ASTON Tricentennial Committee gathers at 7 p.m. Municipal building 233 Pennell Road. Southeast Delco Municipal Authority budget committee meets at 7 p.m. Park and Gamble lanes. Chester-Upland school board at 7 3 p.m. Administration building 16th and Melrose Avenue. Park and recreation board 3 p.m. Dining hall Upland Park. Industrial development authority 4 p.m. One South Olive St Media. Edgmont Planning commission 8 p.m. Firehouse Gradyville and Middletown roads. Folcroft Library board 8 p.m. 533 Dalmas Ave. Southeast Delco School District committee meeting 7:30 p.m. Delmar Drive and Primos Avenue. Lower Chichester Commissioners public meeting 7:30 p.m. Marcus Hook Recreation board 8 p.m. Borough hall 10th and Green streets. Marple Commissioners 7 p.m. Municipal building Springfield and Sproul roads. Middletown Council 8:15 p.m. Township building 27 N Pennell Road. Nether Providence School board business meeting 7:30 p.m. Nether Providence Elementary Providence Road. Norwood Council 7 p.m. Municipal building 10 W Cleveland Ave. Radnor Commissioners 8 p.m. Township building 301 Iven Ave. Ridley Township Citizens building commission 8 p.m. Municipal building MacDade Boulevard Morton Avenue. Sharon Hill Health and sanitation committee 7:30 p.m. Borough hall Sharon Avenue Spring Street. Upper Providence Zoning hearing board 8 p.m. Township building 935 N Providence Road.
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Aston — Tricentennial Committee
Pennell Road
Southeast
Delco Municipal Authority
Park and Gamble Lanes
Chester — Chester-Upland School Board
16Th
Melrose Avenue
County — Park and Recreation Board
Upland Park
Industrial Development Authority
South Olive St
Media
Edgmont — Planning Commission
Gradyville
Middletown
Folcroft — Library Board
Dalmas Ave
Delca
Delmar Drive
Primos Avenue
Lower Chichester
Marcus Hook — Recreation Board
Borough Hall
10Th
Green Streets
Springfield
Sprou
Middletown — Council
N. Pennell Road
Nether Providence
Providence Road
Norwood — Council
Cleveland Ave
Radnor — Commissioners
Iven Ave
Ridley Township
Citizens Building Commission
MacDade Boulevard
Morton Avenue
Sharon Hill
Sharon Avenue
Spring Street
Upper Providence
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