Brutality charge checked against Chester officer in beating claim
John P. Carter a 46 year old used car dealer from Crum Lynne filed a police brutality complaint against Chester Patrolman William Buonocore 38 over an alleged May 24 beating in Carter's Auto Sales Ridley Township. Carter says he was punched repeatedly after Buonocore called him a liar and after an initial verbal dispute in his office. The incident followed a stop for not having a current inspection sticker on a 1967 Buick Skylark. No arrests were made and the case is under investigation by the Delaware County DA's office and Chester Police Department.
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John Roman
Daily Times
Crum Lynne
Chester
John P. Carter
Carter
Chester Pike
Ridley Township
William Buonocore
Delaware County District Attorney’s Office
The
Buonocore
Buoncore
Times
Buonoccoré
Nancy McBride
Upland Ave
Upland
15Th St
Edgmont Ave
Court workers win 2100 raise in 35 month contract
About 200 Delaware County court employees will get a total $2,100 raise over 35 months under binding arbitration that ends a labor dispute. The agreement runs March 1, 1978 to January 31, 1981, with initial retroactive $800 raise and scheduled increases through July 1980.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Baldwin
Daily Times
Delaware
County of Delaware Public Employes Association
CDPEA
Union
New York City
Timothy O’reilly
Richard Kirschner
Thirteen Whites Killed by Rhodesian Guerrillas
A Rhodesian military spokesman said black nationalist guerrillas hacked to death thirteen whites at a mission near the Mozambique border. Among the victims were missionaries and their families, including a month-old baby and several young girls. One white survivor, an unmarried woman, was reported. identities were not yet released.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Mozambique
John Smith
Elim Church
Cheltenham
England
Carter vows to hold line on federal spending
President Carter pledged to restrain federal spending to fight inflation during a dedication speech for a federal building and post office renamed for Rep. Jack Brooks. He warned that short sighted selfishness could trigger an inflation spiral and urged public restraint.
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Carter
Beaumont
Tex
Jack Brooks
Texas
Two men haul 1000 pound bomb in scrap run
Marcus Hook residents Michael Whiteside and Donald Poussaint picked up a 1000 pound armed military bomb with a scrap load from King Machine Shop. They planned to unload at a salvage yard in Wilmington but were stopped by the yard owner. A trooper then escorted the truck to a remote site on I 495.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Hook
Claymont
King Machine Shop
Michael Whiteside
Donald Poussaint
Wilmington
Whiteside
Poussaint
Route 13
Interstate 495
Court orders blood transfusion to save life in religious case
At CCMC in Upland a 34 year old Jehovah Witness, Andrea Daniels, refused transfusions after a Caesarean birth for her eighth child. The court hearing granted permission for a transfusion and surgery proceeded. the mother survived, the newborn six pounds twelve ounces, a boy, was in good condition in pediatrics.
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Upland — Crozer-Chester Medical Center
CCMC
Delaware County Common Pleas Court
Andrea Daniels
Norris St
Chester
Medical Center
Daniels
Judge Rules Against Sun on Stations Conversion Ban
A federal judge upheld Maryland’s law prohibiting conversion of retail service stations to gas-only operations. Judge Edward Northrop ruled the statute constitutional, blocking Sun Co. from converting stations. The decision pleases independent dealers while oil companies argue the rule serves consumers.
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Sun
Baltimore
Maryland
Edward Northrop
U.S
Sun Co
Robert Dietsche
Sunmark Industries
The
Northrop
Trade Association of Independent Dealers
Vet says union rumors cost him county job
Frank Cerullo, a 25 year old veteran from Ridley Township, was fired from the county radio communications center during his 90 day probation without written warning. County director Edwin Truitt cited unsatisfactory performance and poor workplace compatibility amid a newsroom rumorscape linking Cerullo to a March strike.
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Frank Cerullo
Ridley Township
County Radio Communications Center
Edwin Truitt
Emergency Communications
Cerullo
Radio Room
West Chester State College
U.S. Army
The
Daily Times
Night lights clash over Nether Providence stadium plan
Residents oppose night games as the Nether Providence stadium lighting project advances. Eight 80 foot poles arrived for installation at Nether Providence Middle School parking lot funded by a booster club drive, with the Wallingford Swarthmore School Board postponing work to discuss impacts on quiet neighborhood life.
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Nether Providence Middle School
Nether Providence
Booster Club
Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board
Swarthmore High
George Mateyo
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Ephrata
Reading
Jay Kramer
New York
Pennnsylvania Social Services Union
PSSU
Teamsters
Fair Acres Geriatric Center
Reagan
Wilkes-Barre
Ronald Reagan
Federal Elections Commission
FEC
Luzerne County Medical Society Auxilliary
Garnet Valley
Concord
Chester Heights
Bethel
Delaware County Community College
J. Frederick Schmidt
Arthur Dingle
Amusemen Ees Fpevsnerses Tees Sgn
Robert A. Wright
CETA
County Criminal Investigation Division
CID
Truitt
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