A 50-year puzzle
A decade ago, the Boy in the Box was a largely overlooked figure in Philadelphia’s collective consciousness.
He was not forgotten, to be sure.
Yet, even the local folks old enough to remember seeing the ominous image of the dead youngster’s visage in the late 1950s and early ’60s mostly didn’t concern themselves with the mystery of his death anymore.
In the words of Bill Kelly, a former Philadelphia Police Department civilian investigator, after a while, the Boy in the Box "became a truly cold case." . . .
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EDITORIAL
Baby love
Something about the pending closing of Jeanes Hospital’s maternity ward doesn’t add up. No, it’s not the claim by the hospital’s parent company that its financial losses are such that it must end business as usual and close its baby-making unit on May 31.
Have hospital officials done everything — EVERYTHING — in their power to keep the maternity ward open, or are they trying to take the easy way out, opting to quit while they’re behind? . . .
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ON THE POLICE BEAT:
Gunshot homicides
claim three in the NE
Man gets 15 to 35
years for murder . . .
. . . and rapist gets
six to 12 years
Convenience stores
targeted by coffee splashers
CAMPAIGN ’07:
Quinones Sanchez
tries again for Council
Ashdale says
Taubenberger stays
CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS:
Give me the dirt
on waste, inspector says
Lawncrest shoots
down pool hall
IN THE SCHOOLS:
At Northeast High,
when words mean a lot
Student plays
pawns to Pro Bowl
Spending Moore
time together
IN OTHER NEWS:
Setting things straight . . .
Twenty-two minutes
to save a life
Celebrate women’s history
Waaahhhhh!!! Jeanes Hospital
set to close its maternity ward . . .
. . . Hey mom, Holy Redeemer
will still baby you
For immigrants,
the BOSS wants to help
Bidding war rages on
for Franklin Mills mall
Times salesman
Frank Brickman dies at 80
Cops don’t mind being
caught in this Pickle
Call him
Mr. Nostalgia
Play it again,
ma’am
Strange Shapes
at the Clay Studio
‘Bully Pulpit’ brings out
the Teddy bear in TR
COLUMNS:
Speaking of Religion
Robyn’s ’Hood
Fire Safety
On Investments
Kids Stuff
At the Movies
SPORTS:
Isiah Mason is the
most valuable role player
Ballard takes best shot
from Pioneer opponents
Edwards sheds tears
of joy at PCL quarterfinals
You can call him
Three-point Sottnick
Lytes on
at Northeast
No basketball title,
but no regrets for Elmes
Sixers column
WEEKLY FEATURES:
Calendar of Events
Casino trips
Religious Events
Trips
Reunions
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