Tribute to Helen Dawson and the Fulbright program
Local columnist Clarence Jordan lauds Helen Dawson in his suburban living column. He traces her early musical start and 1964 Fulbright scholarship, then notes the 1969-70 funding cuts to Fulbright and related exchange programs and urges Delaware County citizens to contact Washington to restore support.
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Clarence Jordan
Helen Dawson
Miss Dawson
Dolly
Iserlohn
Carla Seemann
Freiburg
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
Vista
Ho Chi Minh
Princeton
Lyndon Johnson
Sorbonne
Charles de Gaulle
Joseph McCarthy
Congress
Delaware County
Washington
Education costs spark debate over school spending
The letter view contesting Marple Newtown observatory and praise for Sun Valley science lab highlight clash over funding. Arthur F. Sampson warns costs of basic education run high and risk state control, proposing team teaching, audio-visual methods, early schooling, computer assisted instruction, and program accounting to push reform. Teachers should lead community change.
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Marple- Newtown High School
Sun Valley High School
Sun Valley
Penn-Delco
Arthur F. Sampson
Pennsylvania
Sampson
PSEA
Elmer
Aston Township
Franklin Institute
Suburban talents shine as Delaware County embraces culture
Clarence L. Jordan lauds Helen Dawson of Media as a home town pianist who rose from age six recital to a master in music. The piece credits local groups like Suburban Opera Company and community concerts for fostering a cultured Delaware County and predicts more Helen Dawsons to come.
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Media Concert Association
Helen Dawson
Media
Miss Dawson
Dawson
Delaware County
Helen Dawsons
Wyeth
Chadds Ford
Brandywine
Gxt
Rebellion parallels Lincoln era as Nixon faces crisis
A commentator compares Nixon’s presidency to Lincoln’s, warning of national fracture as protests and violence spread from Newark to Oakland and campuses. The piece argues Nixon must act boldly to preserve the Union and mobilize support, amid student and police unrest and polarized politics.
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Lincoln
Nixon
George Wallace
Confederacy
Fort Sumter
Newark
New York
San Francisco State
California
Jersey City
Panthers
Community concerns over astronomy course and school spending
A Springton Civic Association letter criticizes Marple Newtown High School for offering an astronomy class to four adults while dedicating hundreds of thousands to a useless observatory. The writer deplores high spending with little public benefit and urges elected officials to curb such costs.
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Marple “Newtown
James A. Elmer
Marple Newtown High School
Elmer
Kermit” M. Stover
Nova. Co
Theamean Newtown Observatory
Marple
Newtown High School
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Frank Mankiewicz
Tom Braden
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Nixon
Johnson
Chicago
Oakland
FBI
Ramsey
Alabama
Mississippi
Gettysburg
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