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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1985
Page
6
The piece notes Southeast Asian refugees settling in Upper Darby and Philadelphia area neighborhoods. It cites numbers from the era after 1975, including Vietnamese, Laotian, and Thai arrivals, and mentions Citizenship status and settlement patterns around 69th Street Terminal and Greek areas.
Bill Alnor reports on immigrant students and four ESL teachers, including Mrs Podgajny, guiding boat-people children to read and adapt in the new country. Teachers praise the work ethic and challenge of teaching language and culture to Laotian and other Southeast Asian youths facing incredible odds.
A woman speaking on her porch recounts fleeing for freedom after escaping a boat to Malaysia where she and others were sent to refugee camps for a year. She sought Australia as her first destination, expressing hopes to improve English and life despite not revealing her name.
The text advocates improving intergroup relations among Asian American Christian and Buddhist communities, proposes roving bilingual bicultural teachers and counselors for Asian students by Philadelphia School District, and calls for adult education, seminars, community programs, and support for Local Crime Watch as outreach and safety measures.
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