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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1978
Page
1
Toby Farms selects a king and queen from weekly finalists both in second grade. The royal treatment includes crown and robe for all, a jeweled sword for the boys, and a bouquet for the girls, honoring the young winners in a school pageant.
Aggravated assault and related charges against six men were dropped after linked police officers faced accusations of hiring thugs to beat a man in Eddystone in August 1976. District Attorney Mogil defended the decision as proper, while FOP official Bascelli condemned it as publicity geared to vote-getting.
A 20 year old Darby man was convicted Thursday of burglary and conspiracy for stealing 7000 dollars of merchandise from an Upper Providence home on July 8. Biaggio Mosco was found guilty by a 12 member jury after a rapid deliberation and faces sentencing following appeals. Bail was set at 25000, with detention in Delaware County Prison.
Airline operator Freddie Laker wins approval to open a new Skytrain route to Los Angeles linking London to the West Coast. A Gulf of California quake shakes Baja and Southern California with no damage or injuries reported.
Harrisburg AP reports state Revenue Department agents arrested Philadelphia men Ernest Coccia, 49, and Donati Coccia, 41, for possessing and transporting untaxed cigarettes. In a Tuesday raid, agents seized over 2,000 cartons trucked from North Carolina along with a car and a truck used by the suspects.
Marple Newtown High School students Demi Gregory and Beth Toropherante star in Arsenic and Old Lace, with Chris Cimeno as a brother who fancies himself Theodore Roosevelt. Showtimes are 8 tonight and Friday in the high school auditorium, with additional performance May 13. Springfield Tri County Hospital offers free diabetes testing today at 328-9200, in cooperation with National Diabetes Month and National Hospital Week.
A white male, 5-11 and about 170 pounds, 19 to 21, with dirty blond shoulder-length hair, brown leather coat with fur collar, jeans, robbed the night manager at Wawa Food Market 502 S Oak Ave Primos around 11. He demanded all $10, $5 and $1 bills from the register and warned not to trigger alarms. He fled on foot toward Primos Elementary School after taking cash and was seen earlier in a light blue sports car with a young blonde passenger.
Ridley Township officials announced Kedron Avenue Jack in the Box will close at midnight effective immediately after a brutal hammer beating of an 18 year old Holmes girl. The move came after residents petitioned for earlier closing and security measures to meet state gun training rules.
John MacMurray of Haverford urged local state and federal officials to back a new 9.7 percent state budget set aside for mass transit to raise about 125 million dollars. Chester County Commissioner Earl Baker backed the proposal as regional funding needs and capital repairs for rail and rapid transit cars are outlined, including aging trolley and subway fleet and growing maintenance costs.
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