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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1978
Page
1
Aldo Moro's family accuses the Christian Democratic Party of endorsing his captors by declining to negotiate. Afghanistan signals ongoing close ties with Moscow as its new military government confirms continued alignment with the Soviet Union.
Smyrna AP report says Frank Cole Whalen Jr the first to be hanged under Delaware capital punishment law attempted suicide by jamming a heavy gauge wire into his stomach Friday night and was listed in good condition Sunday after a weekend in jail. The article also notes Nixon Watergate coverage and Carter's foreign policy fight over jet sales to Saudia Arabia and Egypt and Begin's U S visit memorial for Holocaust survivors.
In Lower Merion School District competition Beverly Hills and Drexel Hill junior high teams finished third and fourth while Bala Junior High clinched first. Tim Beck and Dean Demetriou achieved perfect scores on equations as students tackled percent perimeter area volume and logic.
Edward Gilroy, 36, a former mental patient and prison inmate, is jailed in Delaware County Prison on $100,000 bail ahead of a preliminary hearing for allegedly leading two seven-year-old Upper Darby children to a cave-like shelter near Cobbs Creek. Neighbors describe him living among junk under a trestle along a wooded path near a golf course.
Police received a tip about a drug exchange near Five Points and in a noon Saturday stakeout observed about half a pound of red PCP exchanged in a lot at ll and Concord Roads. John Reeder and Sandra Laird, both Linwood, with Grover Campbell of Linwood and Enos Parmmt of Chester, faced Drug Act charges. Reeder and Laird arraigned, released on 10000 bond. Campbell and Parmmt held on 5000 each. Suspected PCP, valued at 900, found under Reeder's front seat.
A federal team led by top cabinet nominees will tour Delaware County over two days to review county economic distress from Defense Department realignments. The visit marks a strengthened Carter administration effort to provide coordinated federal relief and support for communities hit by Vietnam era contract cuts.
Clifton Heights activist Mary Ann Malampy says the Upper Darby School Board will hear parents’ dismay tonight about cuts to a summer arts and crafts program serving neighborhood youngsters. She notes the district closed Clifton Heights Junior High last year and accuses the board of unequal access, threatening a protest if opposition continues.
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