Chester 1969 Budget Reflects Conservative Receipts and Spending
Chester's new 1969 budget, the first under Mayor John H. Nacrelli, holds receipts steady while boosting expenditures for health, planning, recreation, and notably police and fire drivers by 166 000. Sewer rents rise to 13, real estate tax grows, wage tax climbs toward 2 million, and questions linger on school district funding and earned income tax implications.
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Chester
John H. Nacrelli
Nacrelli
Health Bureau
Parkside Council Meets in Sunday School Room After Bingo
Parkside Borough Council faced an illegal bingo crowd at the firehouse meeting room. With no room available the council relocated to a Sunday school room at Community Gospel Chapel for January sessions. Officials rent the meeting space from the fire company.
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Parkside
Council
Fire Company
Community Gospel Chapel
Meaning of Christmas Is Action Not Illusion
A devotional urging that true Christmas centers on love of neighbor and practical asacts of mercy. It warns believers against mistaking form for substance and notes the challenge of living Christmas through daily brotherhood and justice. Reprinted by request.
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God
East
Building program sparking reader letters on school costs
The Daily Times prints a reader letter criticizing Penn-Delco’s 4.7 million building program and a 40 000 track while praising concerns about textbook cuts. The letter links budgets to student impact, noting postponed replacements of basal readers and limited additions to texts and materials across subjects.
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Penn-Delco
The
Daily Times
Record Prosperity Sets American Economy On High Path
Economists disagree on what comes next as the U S economy begins January with 94 months of prosperity. Optimism remains high among American families but spending is cautious amid mixed forecasts from Henry Ford II, Nixon advisers, and economists. The Labor Department reports unemployment at 3.3 percent as 1969 looms.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Henry Ford II
Pierre Rinfret
Richard Nixon
Arthur Burns
Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisers
Nixon
Paul McCracken
University of Michigan
Labor Department
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