Connelly Resignation Unanimously Accepted in Lansdowne
LANSDOWNE The William M board unanimously accepted the resignation of Gerard J. Connelly of Yeadon on Monday night. Connelly had stepped down earlier in the month amid clashes with constituents over racial balance in district schools and preference for the neighborhood school concept with students attending nearby schools within about one mile.
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Bruce Adams Lansdowne
William M
Gerard J. Connelly
Yeadon
Connelly
Posthumous pardon bid for Molly Maguires leader Black Jack Kehoe
AP report from Girardville notes the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons will hear an appeal this week filed by Black Jack Kehoe's great grandson seeking a posthumous pardon for the 1878 execution of the Molly Maguires leader. The piece traces the Mollies and Pinkerton influence, cites supporters arguing for innocence, and records related local education board actions.
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Girardville, Pa
Black Jack Kehoe
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Molly Maguires
Black Jack
Jack Kehoe
Joe Wayne
Wayne
John Kehoe
Workingmen’s Benevolent Association
America
Kehoe
F.W.S. Langdon
Yellow Jacket Donahue
Langdon
Mollies
Franklin B. Gowen
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co
Pinkerton
James McParland
McParland
Schuylkill County
Arthur Lewis
Pennsylvania Labor Historical
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Donald Kidder
Kidder
Lorraine Maturo
Colwyn
Robert Dowd
Lansdowne
International Paper Co
Aldan
Robert Schmucker
American Association of School Administration
AASA
New Orleans
Schmucker
American Federation of Teachers
National Education Association
United States Office of Education
Sale
Ondiag
Accu- Scan
Avai
Sida
JC Penney
Media
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