Public Hearing on Blue Route Set for Marple Newtown School
Tonight at 7 30 the first public hearing on the Blue Route will be held at Marple Newtown Junior High School. The issue divides Delaware County between proponents who urge a main highway artery and opponents including Swarthmore College and residents along Crum Creek valley seeking to protect green space and prevent industrial encroachment. The editorial urges orderly participation, concise statements, and civility to allow a democratic process to weigh all views against engineering facts.
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Marple- Newtown Junior High School
Delaware County
Nether Providence
Wallingford
Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
Crum Creek Valley
Smedley Park
David MacQueen Inspires Seniors To Belong And Thrive
A Delco Baptist pastor Rev David A MacQueen is noted for guiding senior citizens from park benches to his Upland church. He provides daily companionship and a sense of belonging easing loneliness and private struggles among retirees. The piece celebrates a community figure whose impact resonates beyond his parish.
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Upland
David A. MacQueen
Baptist
Delco
David MacQueens
Uplane
MacQueen
David MacQueen
Road Men Should Keep Standards on Proposals
Clarence L. Jordan urges reform of the Mid County Expressway hearings. He cites rushed schedules, outdated aerials, and lack of cooperation between state and local officials. He calls on the U S Bureau of Roads to enforce fair practices and give communities time to present their cases.
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Clarence L. Jordan
Daily Times
Delaware County
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
New Jersey
Federal Bureau of Roads
State Highway Department
U. S. Bureau of Roads
Senate balks at 30000 to buy five acres for Penn Memorial Park
A Senate Republican caucus in Harrisburg refused to appropriate 30000 for the purchase of five acres to establish a park marking where Penn first set foot ashore. Rep. Louis A. Bloom sponsored the measure, which had passed the house. The plan faced opposition before final action.
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William Penn
Penn Streets
Senate
Harrisburg
Penn
Louis A. Bloom
House
Public Protection Costs in Aldan Spark Critique
Aldan spends over 30000 annually for police protection serving 36 square miles, with police issuing about 1.10 in daily motor vehicle violations. The writer urges focus on burglaries amid rising crime, noting taxi and bicycle benefits pale beside real protection.
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the Times
Aldan
Aldar
Andy Olcese
Walnut Ave
Cabinet tensions widen as Freeman in trouble with White House
Interior Secretary Udall and Agriculture Secretary Freeman face White House friction over feed grain costs and Free men’s critique of the European common market. Budget chief Bell challenges Freeman’s spending as Kennedy eyes a tighter budget.
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Robert S. Allen
Paul’ Scott Washington
Stewart Udall
Orville Freeman
Freeman
Udall
Chester Bowles
Minnesota
White House
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Agriculture Department
National Grange
U.S
Europe
Congress
David Bell
Bell
Charles Murphy
Truman
Senate
Murphy
Washington
Hale Boggs
House
Ways and Means Committee
Carl Albert
Okla
John McCormack
Mass
Albert
Richard Bolling
Truck Contract Bidding Faults Cited by Weather’s Garage
Lawrence G. Weathers Jr asserts Chester City Council bid favored a GMC layout over a Dodge offering. He argues eleven specification gaps and calls for fairer language to save taxpayers money while preserving service and warranty access in Chester.
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the Times
Chester
Dodge
Leach Company
GMC
Paris
Weathers Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
Lawrence G. Weathers, Jr
Weather
Lina
Media Office praised for veteran assistance in Media
A WWI Navy veteran from Chester commends the Media veterans office led by John Birk. He notes prompt courteous service, stresses offices follow laws, and urges others with problems to seek help there. He reflects on past frustration with other options and supports Birk’s capable staff.
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Roy Chandler
John Birk
Philadelphia
Veterans Organization
dog presence hazardous at Upland school grounds
Warren L. Whittaker supervising principal of Upland School District warns of dangerous dogs at Main Street and Hill Street School grounds. He notes many dogs lack licenses or collars, cannot get help from SPCA or Delaware County and borough authorities, citing a past x ray incident and a bitten girl to urge action.
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Main Street
Hill Street
Upland
S.P.C.A
Delaware County
Warren L. Whittaker
Upland School District
Main St. Upland
Quiz Bits from 1961: Women's suffrage and more
Questions cover Paraguay granting women’s suffrage in 1961, Australia’s size vs. the United States, ultrasonic speeds between sonic and hypersonic, a liquid’s definite volume but no shape, and New Zealand’s first suffrage motion 68 years earlier.
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Australia
United States
Space
U.S. Industry Faces Tough Sales Abroad
Commerce Secretary Hodges warns of a critical turning point in trade as U.S. exports lag behind Europe and Japan. A six-point program urges modernization, export incentives, price stability, sustained R and D, EU market ties, and aggressive selling to win foreign markets.
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Department of Commerce
West Africa
U.S
Commerce Dept
Luther H. Hodges
New York
West Europe
Japan
Hodges
Europe
Congress
Holland
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