Delaware County Christmas Spirit Shines in Local Efforts
Community members in Chester and Media contribute to holiday giving with the Merry Christmas Fund aiming to aid 1,000 needy families. Salvation Army plans to supply outfits and toys for nearly 200 children, while local banks, the Social Security office, and churches support doll projects and charitable acts.
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Delaware County
Daily Times
Mary Basile
India
Chester
Charles Ohline
Media
Merry Christmas Fund
Social Security Office
Southeast National and
Fidelity Banks
Providence Avenue United Methodist Church
Salvation Army
Ice dealers struggle with mild Chester winter weather
A Century Ago column notes ice dealers in Chester struggle to fill ice houses due to mild weather threatening heavy bills next summer. Market prices show sweet skim milk at 5 cents for two quarts and D H Burns Marble Works in Chester offers cemetery enclosure services. A dog at Joseph Waddell's butcher shop escaped through a window, shattering glass.
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Chester
D. H. Burns
3Rd
Parker and
Kerlin
Mary Cross
Joseph Waddell
3Rd Street
Berlin
Walter Cally
Chicago
Upland Baptist Church
Cally
Young Peoples Baptist Union of
U.S
Frank Churchill Woods
Willie Riggins
Rockdale
Chester Creek
Irrational results of a wicked deed in Iran
The hostage crisis shows how Ayatollah Khomeini gains from the act despite global condemnation. The move stabilizes his grip, unites Iranians, and boosts his referendum prospects while harming the United States and intensifying domestic debates.
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Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Ayatollah
Otiseputillah Ua
United States
Carter
Carter's prudent crisis leadership praised in Iran standoff
Joseph C. Harsch notes Carter avoided panic or reckless moves, earning cross‑party approval as critics watched. He argues the Iran crisis showed policy must prioritize oil independence and nonalignment, not military power, amid shifting public opinion on presidential stewardship.
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Carter
White House
Kennedy
Connally
Reagan
Bush
Iran
U.S
Ayatollah
United States
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Alfred H. Williams
Wallingford
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Swarthmore College
John G. Pew Jr
Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Red Cross
Dick Hutchison
John Dalgaard
Don Gibley
Ridley Park
Springfield
W. E. Garrett Gilmore
Newtown Square
Chester Ronson
Upper Chichester
Chester Times
Lawrence Park
Marple
Arden Skidmore
H. L. Schwartz II
William Caufield
Joseph C. Harsch
Joseph C. Harsh
The
Christian Science Monitor
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