Organized dentistry backs water fluoridation stance
A Radnor Township Health Commissioner Dr. Zetterberg opposes public water fluoridation, while local dental groups and national bodies affirm its benefits. The letter accuses him of misrepresenting dentistry and urges continued fluoridation across Radnor and similar townships to reduce dental caries.
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Eric Zettelberg
Radnor Township
Zetterberg
Radnor
American Dental Association
United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Regional Health Systems Agency
Consumers Union
Dental Society of
Chester
Delaware County
Second District Dental Association
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Dental Association
Drug case questioned as plea for integrity rings false
The 1978 Chester Township marijuana case collapses after prosecutors reveal misstatements in police affidavits. About 1.4 million dollars worth of Colombian marijuana was seized in March, with half later stolen, but the DA notes lack of probable cause after deletions. The Pearlings walked free as officials consider charging the officers involved. The editorial questions the DA's pursuit of justice versus loopholes that free defendants.
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Chester Township
Robert J Pearlings
Diane
Fronefield Hall
Asst. Dist
Jackson M. Stewart
Chester Towship
Sherman Smith
Hazel
Scapegoat and Merchant Princes in Biblical Echoes
Early Jewish history yields the term scapegoat from Aaron casting lots on two goats, one for the Lord and one for the scapegoat. Isaiah notes Tyre as a crowning city where merchants are princes and esteemed trafickers among the earth.
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Aaron
Tyre
Priority clarion call to Times on school board conduct
A citizen letter rebukes the board of directors for presumed arrogance and legalism, urges officials to remember they are public servants elected to represent taxpayers, and demands better manners and accountability in district meetings and spending. The writer stresses the right to be heard on taxes, families, and property values.
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the Times
Mr. Grove
Grove
Wallingford-Nether
Pro choice vs euthanasia in abortion debate
Barbara Pridgen argues against anti choice labeling of pro choice supporters as murderers. She challenges the claim that legal abortion implies euthanasia, urges anti choice activists to visit institutions for unwanted children, and likens life under coercive ideology to suffering in a Holocaust.
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Kingdom of Paradise
Supreme Court
Jonestown
Guyana
Barbara Pridgen
Today in History December 6 1978 highlights
On this date in history notable events include Franklin Roosevelt appealing for peace to Hirohito before Pearl Harbor, Abraham Lincoln taking Congress seat, and Eisenhower named to command Euro invasion. Birthdays span Lou Little and Milton Young. Thought for today quotes Philip Massinger.
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Pearl Harbor
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Illinois
Confederacy
Jefferson
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Dwight Eisenhower
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Britain
Rhodesia
Puerto Rico
Gerald Ford
Cyrus Vance
Soviet Union
Middle East
Lou Little
Secretary of Health Education and Welfare
David Mathews
Reublican
Milton Young
North Dakota
Philip Massinger
Chester reminiscences and local notes from history
A summary of local memories and brief items from Chester across different eras, including references to a drunken constable in South Ward, ex-Coroner Minshall receiving buffalo robes, loom boss Jonathan Kershaw, a serenade for Abraham C. Lukins’s election, football team photos, and other small community details spanning 10, 75, and 50 years ago.
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Chester
William A. Minshall
Texas
Jonathan Kershaw
Upland
Abraham C. Lukins
Hower
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