Chester Considers Per Capita Tax Amid Protests in Chester
Chester officials brace for protests over a proposed 10 dollar per adult per year tax as the city council tentatively approves a 1963 budget of 2.8 million. The plan targets non real estate taxpayers, affecting about 20 000 residents aged 21 or older, with total city and school district charges capped at 15 dollars annually.
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Chester
Arthur Mayhew
Daily Times
Wester Chester
Philadelphia
Council
Cub Pack 331 Skating Party At St. Francis Parish
Cub Pack 331 of St. Francis of Assisi Church sponsors a roller skating party Sunday from 1 to 3 30 pm at Philadelphia for Cubs families and friends. Mrs George Hamilton in charge of arrangements transportation will be provided for the Cubs.
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Springfield
St. Francis of Assisi
Philadelphia
George Hamilton
Cubs
Gas and Weather Data Continue From Page One
A detailed weather table shows today’s high 62 and tonight’s low 28, with a 24 hour precipitation total of 0.0 and year-to-date 39.65. The report notes tides at Chester, and lists temperatures and conditions across multiple U.S. and Canadian cities, including incidents of chlorine exposure near a tank car linked to Canadian Industries Ltd. Emergency crews evacuated residents as the chlorine leak forced hospital and shelter actions across regions.
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Chester Tidewater Terminal Pier
Massena
N.Y
Albany
Clear
Atlanta
Boise
Hull
Que
Boston
Buffalo
Dustries Ltd
Chicago
Cleveland, Clear
Denver
Detroit, Clear
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Eay
Helena
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
St. Paul
Orleans
Toloxianoma City
Paradelphia
Phoenix
Dustrial
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
Cornwall
St. Louis
Cops Seek Pay Phone Shooter
State Police from the Elwyn Barracks hunt an unusual thief who shoots pay telephones and pockets cash from coin boxes. The spree damaged at least six outdoor booths in the county and fifteen more along Route 1 from Maryland to New Jersey, with about $800 taken from 20 boxes. No one heard shots, as booths sit near buildings. suspects may be passing through.
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Elwyn
Maryland
New Jersey
Edward Leiby
Middletown
Sunoco
Lima
Lima Farms
Esso
Paintjer's Crossroads
Jane's
Concord
Reynolds Comstock
Com- Marner
Survivor recalls chaotic crash at Idlewild airport
A plane crash at Idlewild left 25 dead and many injured as first responders aided survivors amid burning wreckage. Passengers and bystanders returned to help, with one witness describing pulling a man from flames. Hospitals mobilized and airliners remained grounded in the fog.
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Idlewild
Peninsula General Hospital
Oswald Moran
Eastern
Boston Harbor
American Airlines
Jamaica Bay
Woman Attacked In Philadelphia After Bus Stop Error
A 95 year old Lansdowne housewife was forced into a dark alley on 16th and Vine after alighting at the wrong stop. She was beaten, robbed of five dollars and a wristwatch, and raped before slipping away. She was treated at Hahnemann Hospital for shock and injuries. Detectives report she was walking toward McCarlister's Hall on Spring Garden Street when attacked near 8 10 p m amid excavation disruptions. The assailant fled.
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Lansdowne
Philadelphia
Hahnemann Hospital
17Th Street
Spring Garden Street
McCarlister's Hall
Spring Garden St
16Th and Vine Sts
McCabe Family Obituary Notice From Chester Area
Mary Hm McCabe widow of John J McCabe dies at home of son John J McCabe Jr in Chester. Survived by daughters Mary of Palatine and Elizabeth Wright of Upper Providence, and sons Clement V of Media and other relatives. Solemn mass set at St Rombert’s and burial in St Michael’s Cemetery with calling hours at John L. Clancy funeral home.
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Mary HM. McCabe
John
J. McCabe Jr
16Th St
Chester
John J. McCabe
Vincenzo D'Antontio
Strathmore Road
Havertown
Cristina
Joseph
Thomas
Albert
Broomall
Ideminie
Clifton Heights
Carmen
Morton
William
Springfield
Vincenzo
Michael
Wernersville
Vienna DeFelice
Viola Hogan
Com Anderson
D’allora Funeral Home
66Th
Haverford Ave
Philadelphia
St. Donato's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Youn J. Rickey
Helen
Harris
Syca- Providence Road
Secane
Beta Inert Harris
Redi
Aled Chaee
Gertrude Mackie
Suess Laboratories
Rickey
Buffalo
N.Y
John C
Sylvia Herrmann
Levittown
Helen Harvey
M. F. Williams
Baltimore
Summit Aves
Our Lady of Fatima
Notable Deaths Across Nations Mark End of Era
Mrs Rosa lie Barrow Edge aged 85 a staunch conservative and suffrage pioneer died Friday in a New York hospital Dr Joseph Pawsley aged 54 a leading radio astronomer and assistant chief of the Radio Research Organization died Friday in a Sydney hospital after a protracted illness Frank M Porter aged 70 president of the American Petroleum Institute since 1950 and a prominent oil industry figure died Friday in a New York hotel
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New York
Rosalie Barrow Edge
Sydney
Australia
Joseph Pawsley
Radio Research Organization
NEW York (Ap
Frank M. Porter
The
American Petroleum Institute
Picketing Ban Ordered at North Wales Plant
Montgomery County Judge Robert W. Honeyman issued a preliminary injunction banning mass picketing by strikers at the North Wales plant of Leeds and Northrup Co. in Norristown. The ruling targets protests near the Leeds and Northrup facility and affects ongoing labor actions with the North Wales workforce.
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Norristown, Pa
Montgomery County
Robert W. Honeyman
North Wales
Leeds & Northrup Co
Pair Overcome by Formaldehyde Fumes on Freighter
Two longshoremen remained hospitalized in good condition after inhaling formaldehyde fumes on a chemical laden freighter. The incident affected 21 dockworkers aboard the United States Lines ship, with nineteen treated at a dockside clinic.
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Philadelphia
United States Lines
Friday
Married There Too Swarthmore Woman Dies at Former Home
Lillian B Richardson 89, of Swarthmore Apartments, widow of Gardiner H Richardson, died Friday at Belvedere Nursing Home in Chester. Belvedere was her family home and the site of her 1894 marriage to Gardiner Richardson. She belonged to Trinity Episcopal Church Swarthmore and the Delaware County Chapter D A R. Burial and services at family convenience.
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Swarthmore
Chester
Lillian B. Richardson
Swarthmore Apartments
Gardiner H. Richardson
Belvedere
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East Elehth Street
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Stanley
Wolverson
Meetinghouse Rd
Boothwyn
Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Lorena
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Blackrock
Edward Sellers
Norma
Fay “Wolverson
David
Canada
Robert
George
Columbus
Ohio
George W. Maxwell
Meetinghouse ‘Rd
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Funeral Home
Harry E. Stevens
Norwood
Fair Acres Farm
Catharine H. Stevens
Stevens
Carl Miller
Northwildwood
N.J
Blanche Freer
Muncy
Glenwood Memorial Gardens
Aldo
Wayne and
Dana Hall School
Wellesley
Mass
Dana Hall Club
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church
Woman's Hospital
Atlantic Refining Co
David P. Thomas
Wilmington
N.C
Samuel G. M. Maule
John deMoll
Patterson Funeral Home
Baltimore Ave
Monroe St
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Pennington Ave
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