Two hurt as church collapses in Philadelphia
A storefront church collapsed Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia trapping the 84-year-old Rev Romey Barber his wife and two female parishioners. Barber suffered multiple fractures and was hospitalized in serious condition. Jean Tucker 33 remained in guarded condition. Officials said there was no gas explosion and the building appeared structurally defective.
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Philadelphia
Baptist Minster
Romey L Barber
Southern Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church
Stephen Imszennik
Jean Tucker
Barber
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Betsy Samuels
Ms. Tucker
University of Pennsylvania
HUP
Sarah Jarvis
Imszennik
Vacuum crews clean up Philadelphia cumene spill
Coast Guard teams used vacuum trucks to remove 20 000 gallons of water cumene mixture from the Delaware River after a Norwegian tanker spill. About 250 people were evacuated from a three block area. 11 people were treated for headaches and nausea. The ship carried 3.2 million gallons of cumene, mostly contained, with a suspect valve opening suspected as the source.
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Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Delaware River
Robert Mitchell
Louis Moore
Richard Minnich
Minnich
Gang leader gets life for wife murder in Lancaster
Kerby K Keller former Pagan Nation leader from Conestoga Township was sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder of his wife Barbara Keller 33 on June 20 1989 after a jury spared the death penalty. Keller also convicted of attempted murder for shooting at Barbara's lover Gary Relter.
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Lancaster
Pagan Nation
Kerby K Keller
Conestoga Township
Keller Friday
Barbara
John A. Kenneff
Keller
Lancaster County
Gary W. Relter
Conestoga
Kelter
FBI
Kenneff
Home show draws 15000 and 250 booths at Frederick Fairgrounds
Dana and Mary Carberry joined about 15000 attendees at the Frederick County Builders Association home show at the Frederick Fairgrounds. The event featured 250 booths across all home sectors from banks to carpet sellers, with families touring displays and entering raffles.
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Dana
Mary Carberry
Buckeystown
Frederick Fairgrounds
Frederick
Kathleen Flowers
Beverly Byron
Frederick County
Chris Yingling
Matt Clark
Sean Phipps
Tom Sier
Mike Robbins
Bill Morrison
John Carnes
Jeff Cregger
Shane Lamm
Joe Watson
Shawn Fox
Richard Flohr
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