Students are tycoons triumph in stock market contest
Upper Darby High School students won by doubling a $100,000 virtual portfolio to $200,000 in ten weeks, besting 276 teams from 800 area schools. The program ran Feb 25 to May 14 with a jury luncheon in June and tours of the NYSE and World Trade Center.
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Upper Darby
Philadelphia
Fern Berger
Butcher and Singer Inc
New York and American Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
World Trade Center
State approves two year lease for Chester liquor store
Harrisburg approves a new two year lease for the Chester liquor store owned by Ernest S. Ellis Sr. of Brookhaven. State Treasurer R. Budd Dwyer says the lease costs 6900 dollars yearly, 2.11 dollars per square foot for a 4354 square foot store at 2709 West 9th Street.
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Harrisburg
Chester
Ernest S. Ellis Sr
Brookhaven
R. Budd Dwyer
9Th St
Solicitors Legit as Police Chief Comments on Solicitors
Special to the Daily Times notes that the Better Business Bureau logs about 35 calls monthly from solicitors pitching ads for policy journals and yearbooks to police fraternal groups. Boffa of Springfield describes friendly approaches that pivot to selling ads for groups like the Police Chief and Fireman's Association. Andrew Student Organization hires its own solicitors and has relationships with several police groups. promoter commissions can reach high shares, though PCOPA says Andrew Student gets under half and has had few complaints over 20 years.
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Daily Times
Better Business Bureau
Keith Nelson
Bureau
Nelson
Philadelphia
Boffa
Fine Meats
State Road
Springfield
Policeman and Fireman's Association
Pennsylvania Chief of Police Association
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
Andrew S
West Chester Pike
Upper Darby
Francis Schafer
Schafer
Andrew
PCOPA
County Detective Association of Pennsylvania
Policeman and Fireman’s Association
Police Chiefs Association of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Bill Meers
Southeastern Police Chiefs Group
Police Chiefs
Fire chief warns of solicitors in fire fund drive
Delaware County Chief Fire Marshal George T. Lewis Jr. reports that solicitors from the Andrew S. Student Organization in Upper Darby are asking businesses for 100 to 600 dollars to fund firefighting equipment without fire officials approval. Clifton Heights Police investigate after a businessman was pressured to donate.
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Upper Darby
Delaware
George T. Lewis Jr
Clifton Heights
Lewis
Delaware County Firemen‘s Association
Woodlyn Fire Co
Ridley Township
Andrew S
West Chester Pike
Clifton Heights Fire Co
Berry
Edward Valente
Larry White
White
Payn
Brothers Convicted in Abduction and Rape Case
Two brothers John W. Martin and Joseph Martin were convicted in a non jury trial of rape and related charges in the abduction of an 18 year old Norwood woman. They were held on 250000 bail and sentencing was deferred for background checks. The attack occurred as the victim walked to a Drexel Hill trolley stop last November 27.
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Norwood
John W. Martin
Chester County
Joseph Martin
Lansdowne
Delaware County
Robert A. Wright
Drexel Hill
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Delaware County News
Concord
Francis Harvey Green
David Fry
Garnet Valley
William Byrd
Fry
Frank Manchester
Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary Principals
Manchester
Vince McLaughlin
Second
Townsend
McLaughlin
Justus
Collingdale
Kim Justus
Collingdale High School
Harris
Kim
William W. Lawrence
Harry Maitland
Bob Payn
Mary D’anella
Joseph D. Martin
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