One in Ten Key to Weather Plant Closure
An editorial urges Delaware County to mobilize business help after General Steel Industries shuts Ridley Township plant. It outlines a plan where every employer surveys needs, trains workers for new roles, and places them in small firms to absorb up to 770 jobless workers and avert a shock like Ford’s 1961 closing.
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Delaware County
General Steel Industries
Ridley Township
Ford
Chester
GSI
Year round college plan gains momentum nationwide
Prof Earl J McGrath of Columbia notes colleges increasingly adopt year round operations to curb wasted time and rising costs as enrollment climbs from 4.2 million to near doubling by 1965. Deans foresee compulsory year round terms and staggered vacations to expand capacity, with UC illustrating a move from 68 000 to 87 000 students across seven campuses via three terms.
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U. S
Earl J. McGrath
Institute of Higher Education
Columbia University
Frank L. Kidner
University of California
Municipal meetings spark curious moments and a fall
In Delaware County Ches ter Township a supervisor faced praise amid two minutes of hoots as a meeting turned circus like. In Baltimore a Board of Estimates session saw a workman crash through the ceiling and fall 25 feet to the floor during building debates.
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Delaware County
Chester Township
Baltimore
City Hall
Board of Estimates
Public funds for church schools sparks tax debate
A thoughtful column argues that aiding church schools with public money violates the separation of church and state. It warns that rising education costs push church schools toward taxpayer support, risking broader state responsibility and deeper fiscal strain.
Cabinet reshuffle looms as Freeman eyed for ambassador post
Washington accepts that Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman may leave the cabinet for a Mexico ambassadorship. President Kennedy weighs Udall and Hodges for upcoming exits while Freeman gains on the diplomacy track amid White House plotting.
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Washington
Orville Freeman
Tron Curtain
White House
Minnesota
Mexico
Thomas Mann
Mann
Freeman
Kennedy
State Department
Billie Solestes
Interior
Stewart Udall
Commerce
Luther Hodges
Hodges
Rotary International
Udall
Arizona
Civil Rights Clash Shapes Senate and Governors Conference
Robert Spivack assesses how the Kennedy administration and liberal Republicans must ally on civil rights. He notes the Miami Beach Governors Conference delayed action to 1964, exposing GOP and Democratic rifts. Senate hearings show political maneuvering, with Sen. Hugh Scott criticizing perpetual praise for Kennedy gains.
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Miami Beach
Senate
Eastland
Magnuson
Nelson Rockefeller
Air. Kennedy
Attor
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Goldwater argues against featherbedding and defends proposed Railway Labor Act changes
Senator Barry Goldwater defends a bill to ban featherbedding in rail and air transport, seeks civil damages against unions, and cites the Lea Act and United States v Polville to claim legality. He emphasizes a “reasonable” standard, court decisions, and that courts decide numbers of workers needed, not employers.
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Congress
Do You Remember When Horse Crash At Artizan Wharf
A horse and cart driven by Edward McGuire plunged through rotten wharf planks on Artizan Wharf Edgmont Avenue while loading sand from a docked vessel yesterday. Also noted: improvements at Standard Steel Works Thurlow with a traveling steam crane and a 20 ton melting furnace. Charles White badly gored by a bull at Rose Tree. animal shot. White expected to recover. Excursionists with Oglesby’s Band ride the Delaware River to Woodlawn on the steamer Thomas Clyde. 24th and Chestnut Street Baltimore and Ohio Station praised as finest in Pennsylvania for appointments and conveniences.
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Edward McGuire
Artizan
Edgmont Avenue
Standard Steel Works
Thurlow
Mooney
Charles White
Rose Tree
White
Oglesby
Dow
Delaware River
Woodlard
Thomas Clyde
Baltimore & Ohio
24Th and
Chestnut Streets
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Ridley Park
The
Presbyterian
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Ted Carroll
Bell
Ted
Ars
Robert S. Allen
Paul Scott
North Carolina
Barry Goldwater
Post Office
John Bailey
Bailey
Ecommitee
Stephen Smith
Richard Maguire
Smith
Attormey
Robert Kennedy
Robert
S. Allen
Robert Spivack
Medicare
Supreme Court
Spivack
Sen
United States
Polville
U.S. Su
Preme Court
Lea
Hugo Black
Barry
Goldwater
Robert Anderson
14Th Street
Gertrude W. Carey
George Wiggami
Board of Education
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