Editorial on Unemployment Compensation Reform Delay
The piece argues Governor Scranton shelved the unemployment compensation reform to allow study but cites lack of support as the real motive. It criticizes the current fund as a giveaway and lists abuses such as high benefits for minimal wages, pensions, pregnancy withdrawals, casual work patterns, and lag periods. Reform is needed and two years is too long to wait.
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Servanton
Pennsylvania
Ll.c
Scranton
U.C
U.C. Fund
March on Washington plan tests restraint amid 100000 demonstrators
NAACP leaders seek to avert violence for the August march on Washington with 1500 marshals trained by a private NYC police group. Authorities plan six weeks ahead as history warns protests can turn violent and risk undermining civil rights aims, with moderates in Congress holding sway.
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NAACP
Washington
Guardians
New York
Coxey
White House
Congress
Settlement urged in Chester Human Relations Commission dispute
Both sides in the Chester Human Relations Commission dispute push for a settlement to begin functioning. Mayor Eyre and the county council face NAACP Ministerial Alliance demands, while the NMAJ and YAC seek more qualified appointees. A 53 hour sit-in ended with police threats and the commission meeting in the mayoral office.
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New Chester Human Relations Commission
Cnty Council
NAACP
NMAJ
NAACE
West End Ministers Fellowship
Human Relations Commission
Munlyer
Naacp Young Adult Council
YAC
Council
NAMA
NMA
Commission
NAIA
Peace steps set in Kennedy Khrushchev pact plan
President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev outline a step by step approach to a NATO Warsaw Pact accord. They seek a phased exchange of military missions, talks on West Berlin security, and a joint non aggression declaration ahead of signings by individual nations. Adlai Stevenson joins Moscow delegation for a possible UN summit.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
West
Soviet Bloc
West Germany
France
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
West Berlin
NATO
Dr. Stikker
Rusk
Berlin
United Nations
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Adenauer
de Gaulle
U.S
East Germany
Cautious approach urged on nuclear test pact prospects
The editorial warns against assuming any nuclear test agreement guarantees peace and urges Senate scrutiny and public disclosure of negotiated terms. It weighs Soviet internal dynamics, Western opportunities, and the potential economic shifts if the Cold War eases, including a suggested large scale trade program with the USSR and the impact on the American economy.
Vacations boom as Americans take longer trips in growing economy
Sylvia Porter notes a vacation surge with 1,012,000 Americans visiting Europe and 205,000 going to the Far East by year end. Auto travel dominates with most trips in cars, hotels, or camps, averaging six to eight days and 31 dollars daily per couple.
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U.S
Europe
Far East
American Automobile Association
American Express
Just Released
University of Michigan
AAA
Betting carnivals eclipse baseball in Chester tale
A 75 year memory recalls Houston Park betting spree as Frankford triumphed 3 1 with Beeson cashing in with large wagers. Also notes Kerlin Street Bridge decay and a Chester Heights house fire, plus a gypsy camp in western Chester during a period of local chatter.
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Houston Park
Houston
Frankford
Joe Beeson
Chester
Kerlin Street
Chester River
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