Times capsule and civic notes mix of weather and politics
Partly sunny, warm and humid today with a 20 percent rain chance and highs 80 to 85. In Philadelphia, James Proud was elected chairman of the Central Club of the Young Republicans with Jim Gillin as vice chairman Anne Hickey as corresponding secretary and Linda Miller as recording secretary. Mayor Frank Rizzo proposes a $300,000 statue of John Neumann on the Ben Franklin Parkway near the basilica of SS Peter and Paul after Neumann’s canonization. In Chester two men were arrested for a crap game outside the Stag Bar and a PE employee was assaulted during a robbery attempt on W Mary Street. bail set at $1,000 each for gambling charges. the PE worker was Gary Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Club of the
Young Republicans
James Proud
Jim Gillin
Anne Hickey
Linda Miller
Republican
Proud
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
John Neumann
al Gaudiosi
Coud
Gaudigsi
Ben Franklin Parkway
SS. Peter and Paul
St. John Neumann
Rome
Paul VI
Chester
Stag Bar
Std
Crosby
Philadelphia Electric Co
W. Mary Street
Hosea Gonzales
Upland St
Arthur Johnson
Vincent Cirilli
Gary Ward
Mowry St
Interboro High names new football coach Ray Spafford succeeds
Dominic Scamuffa succeeds Ray Spafford as Interboro High School's football coach in a brief notice on page 15. The item appears in the Daily Times with a wedding entry and other notices on the same page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eDominic Scamuffa
Ray Spafford
Interboro High School
Arrest in Chester ties to death and abortion cases
A 50-year-old Chester woman Alma Reaviey was arrested after a Daily Times probe into the May 18 death in Chester of Clara Wilson. Reaviey, held at Sacred Heart Hospital and later at Delaware County Prison, faces extradition issues tied to a 1976 illegal abortion case and a 1976 Dover abortion incident involving a Delaware State College student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Daily Times
Alma Carter Reaviey
Broomall St
Delaware County Prison
Thornbury
Sacred Heart Hospital
Delaware County
Frank Hazel
Reaviey
THE
Clara Wilson
Wilmington
Bernard P. Carey Jr
Beavley
Carter
Wilmington, General Hospital
Alma
Reavley
Delaware
Delaware State College
Dover
Del
New negotiator hired for county contract talks
County Council Chairman Faith R. Whittlesey announced Thomas Lane, a Harr isburg attorney with Morgan Lewis and Backius, will handle labor talks with unions representing Delaware County workers. Lane, described as a top labor negotiator, will work with Teamsters and CDPEA, earning the going rate of $60 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County
Faith R. Whittlesey
Thomas Lane
Harrisburg
Morgan, Lewis and Backius
Teamsters
County of Delaware Public Employees Association
CDPEA
Fair Acres
Whittlesey
Dickenson Law School
Lane
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Rose Tree Media School Board approves budget with tax hike
Upper Providence voters approve an 11.87 million dollar budget for 1977 78 boosting district taxes to 16952 mills a 1477 mill rise and add a $10 per person occupational privilege tax for workers in Middletown Media Edgmont and Upper Providence. Several board members voted for while others opposed citing opposition to the tax increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Providence
Rose Tree Media School Board
Middletown
Media
Edgmont
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Times
Young Gop
Daily Times/index
Canaan
Bert Hodge
Oan Seccia
Upper
Darby
Derek
Joan
Ridley Creek State Park
John Roman
Kent General Hospital
Coed
Chester Police
Laware County
CDPHA
RTM Board
William S. Gross
Donald Nauta
Steve Pahidis
Beauford Stowell
William Laughlin
John Snyder
John Hammond
Lewis Walters
Jerome Hardcastle
Snyder
Berkheimer Associates
Pacers
Helen Passaro
Farmamne
Joseph Lapchick
Rose Tree Media
Passaro
Thomas Holmes
Laughlin
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