Funds Cut Threatens Delaware County Mental Health Programs
Delware County faces severe budget cuts as administrator Paul Burrichter announces 435000 in reductions affecting MH and MR programs. Pre school services through CCEP at Raphael School Paoli and Homebound program would be eliminated. A 100 plus group plans to petition County Council on Tuesday to seek restored funding amid Elwyn and UCP shortfalls. Local parents urge early learning investment to reduce long term care costs.
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Delaware County
Paul Burrichter
Church Council For the Exceptional Persons
CCEP
Raphael
Paoli
Burrichter
Elwyn
United Cerebral Palsy
Sidney Walgren
Brad Walgren
Raphael School
Milegey
Should inmates vote in elections in Delaware County Prison
The piece argues inmates in Thornbury prison should lose voting rights, noting that eligible prisoners in Philadelphia jails voted in May, influencing primary outcomes. It questions the current law allowing those awaiting trial or on parole violation to vote and urges removal of the right on election day. Cliff, Acting Executive Editor, remarks.
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Delaware County
Thornbury
Cliff
Rafters Raised for New St Michael's Church in Chester
The article notes that all rafters are raised and roof slate has arrived for the new St Michael’s Church in Chester. It also mentions muddy streets from recent rains, a 130 partridges and 38 woodcock hunting trip, a 25 cent cologne offer at Conwell Brothers Drug Store, and various local notes from different years in Chester and surrounding areas.
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St. Michael’s
Chester
Edgmont Avenue
Thomas Appleby
Maryland
Conwell Brothers Drug Store
3Rd
Market Streets
Reading Wells on history and human progress
In Grenada, a reader revisits H G Wells Outline of History, noting its scope and insight into how directed thought, cooperation, and communication shape civilizations. The piece reflects on ancient Greece, Chinese writing, and the modern quest to understand life, urging continued study of history as humanity’s survival has depended on learning.
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Grenada
W.I
H.G. Wells
Greece
Wells
Jung
Readers condemn fur trap cruelty and trapping stance
Daily Times letter cries foul at Sylvia Porter’s November 23 1978 column endorsing fur industry. It argues trapping causes needless animal suffering, notes some states offer cheaper licenses to youths, and questions regulation of skins as a renewable resource amid bans abroad.
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Sylvia Porter
Austria
Chile
Denmark
Norway
Switzerland
West Germany
United Kingdom
This Day in History December 11 1978 Highlights
Today in history entries note events from 1936 Edward VIII abdication crisis to 1961 U S helicopter support in Saigon and 1946 Rockefeller Jr offer of Manhattan land for U N headquarters. Notable milestones include Indiana statehood 1816 and Louis Napoleon's 1848 election.
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Associated Press
Edward VIII
England
George VI
Indiana
Louis Napoleon
France
Benito Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Germany
United States
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Manhattan
United Nations
What defines senior activists in our readers letter
A reader argues that senior activists are seniors who act for others in the elderly community. Nonactivist seniors abstain from involvement, while activists study conditions, raise issues, attend meetings, and mobilize others. They vote, write letters, lobby officials, monitor services, and push for better age related programs. They believe seniors should shape decisions affecting them.
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American Association of Retired Persons
National Council of Senior Citizens
Citzens
Oree
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Chester Times
Central States Publishing, Inc
Ralph Ingersoll
Rufus F. Walker Jr
Clifford Rainey
Donald T. Beideman
Halus Ewing
UCP
Daily Times
St. Michael's
Samuel Greenwood
Michael Honan Sr
Norwood
J. Frank Bell
Good Will Fire Company
William G. Price Jr
Union League
Philadelphia
Jesse G. Pierson
Lima
George S. Boyd
Springfield
Marcus Hook Burgess
Walter Reed
J. Frank Bothell
Twin Oaks
George Hetherington
Eddystone
Rex A. Self
Swarthmore
Annabelle Sproul
Nether Providence
John Doherty
Haverford
James A
H. G. Wells
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
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