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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1978
Page
6
The piece laments rising Christmas frenzy with canned cards and sales calls as affid bars and affluence raise the stakes. It suggests a miraculous moment of quiet and warmth inside a family oasis, while for some the day holds deep religious meaning.
A 100 year old sale records the Steamboat Hotel in Chester changing hands from Thomas J. Martin Jr. to John F. Betz. The piece also recalls 80 turkey gifts from local employers, including Shaw & Esrey, D Trainer and John Lilley & Sons, for mill workers and employees.
A Bible verse mix up in an old King James text led to the edition being nicknamed The Printers Bible. Misprint swapped princes for printers, altering Psalm and Habakkuk quotes and prompting amused readers at the time.
On this date Maryland ceded land for the District of Columbia and the nation’s capital. Washington resigned as Army commander in chief in 1783. Wake Island fell to Japan in 1941. Tojo and other leaders were executed in 1948. Bay of Pigs prisoners began arriving in 1962. Johnson met Pope Paul VI in 1967. Birthdays include Jose Greco and James Roosevelt.
Letter from John A Watts Lodge 224 lauding William P. Hamilton as Chester’s acting police chief. They note his Chesterite roots, 9 years leading the Narcotics Division, public talks against drugs, church and community work, and wish him eventual full chief status.
Pentagon alarm over declining U S tech leadership cites slipping shipbuilding productivity and weaker basic research. Brown warns Carter of erosion in computer power, with air force and navy programs shown as poorly managed and obsolete systems amid plans to cut the Interior budget and raise park fees to fund spending.
A reflective Christmas piece extols the Spirit and philosophy of Christmas beyond material wealth. It links the Nativity to universal peace, urges inner surrender to love, and calls leaders to embrace hope and harmony for a gentler world.
A speaker ponders faith across history in the spirit of Christmas. He cites Gautama, Jesus, and Mohammed as enduring virtues while lamenting religion misused by rulers and philosophers. He argues humanity seeks goodness, progresses imperfectly, and freedom from fear aids truth seeking, urging humble reflection this season.
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