Turning Point Reached as Tears Mark 1968 Reflections
Daily Times reflects on 1968 as a year of nationally shared sorrow and awakening. The piece notes King and Kennedy assassinations, McCarthy defeat, social ills from Vietnam to Biafra, and grape growers’ wages, arguing tears spurred greater civic involvement and a hopeful push into 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matrin Luther King
Robert F. Kennedy
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Chicago
Vietnam
California
Biafra
King
MacCarthy
Swarthmore Invited To Bowl On January Fifth
Swarthmore College, GE College Bowl winner in 1958 with three wins, will have a second chance to participate on January 5. The team includes seniors Nancy Bekavac Michael Hattersley and Michael Miller and junior William Holt with coach Charles Raff. They will face the victor of the Fall competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swarthmore Swarthmore College
Nancy Bekavac
Clairton
Michael Hattersley
Trumbull
Holt
Charles Raff
Swarthmore
Swarthmore College
Michael Miller
William Holt
Nothing Norm About Normal Teen Age Girl
Chicago AP reports a study of ten middle class suburban girls shows no single norm for the normal teen girl. Researchers led by Dr. Daniel Offer find wide variation in mood, friendships, dating, and attitudes toward sex and schoolwork, with some例 troubled but still deemed normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daniel Offer
Institute For Psychosomatic and
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
Herber
Yorty Links SDS to Campus Turmoil and National Subversion
Mayor Sam Yorty warned of a full scale federal inquiry into SDS and student unrest on university campuses. He alleged Maoist and Trotskyist influence and said subversive activity could expand to the nation’s high schools as he urged remedial legislation and expert direction.
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Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Ee ‘O
SDS
jAmerican
Menthinacines
Isto Oriente
Oupnipd
Homemakers Host Party for Children at Hospital
Ridley Township readers send in letters about Chevrolet brakes and a Christmas event by the Homemakers of America at Children's Heart Hospital. The piece notes a 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 and FHA members hosting 62 patients with gifts and toys, plus club officers listed.
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Ridley
Ridley High School
Homemakers of America
Children's Heart — Hospital
Philadelphia
FHA
Allj
Alice Moore
Lee Melchioris
Barbara Moore
Shelly Boot
Gassy
Carol Long
Gas
Eileen Martin
Red China protests and carburetor advice collide in chaotic note
A jagged summary mixes car repair thoughts about a carburetor accelerator pump with rambling political mockery of Red China. It references booster fuel squirts, overhaul quality, and may imply seeking a second mechanic, alongside disjointed anti-communist rhetoric and speculative population control claims.
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Red China
Red Guards
U.S
Uswus
Simple Solution A leading anthropologist is worried
A prominent anthropologist voices concern over an unclear issue described as shart nvaennad taltan. The fragment hints at scholarly unease about a theory or practice within the field. Further readable details are unavailable in the text.
Interboro Students Play Santa
Interboro High School students under Alan Rigby aided Children's Cottage in Middletown with a holiday gift drive. They collected 506 toys and 472 dollars in cash, buying a stereo player, albums, a ping pong table, and twenty dollar gift certificates for 15 residents. Credit also goes to Nancy Kowlick's Spanish class for two piñatas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenolden
Interboro High School
Middletown Road
Middletown
Alan Rigby
Organization For Advancing Spirit In
Interboro Schools
OASIS
Nancy Kowlick
Future Education Day Noted At Penncrest High School
Penncrest High School hosts a Future Education day led by the National Honor Society. Bevy of alumni from Beaver College to Wake Forest share college experiences in fifteen minute talks with juniors and seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Lessner
Claymont High School
Hofstra University
Hempstead
N.Y
Miss Lessner
Penncrest
Middletown
Penncrest High School
National Honor Society
Teens and Charts Highlight 1960s Soul and Rock Hits
The chart lists Marvin Gaye Dion Derek and Glen Campbell among top songs with a mix of new acts like Dusty Springfield and Jenna Gault. It notes Barry Ryan and ELOISE as a pick hit, and features teen culture notes on fashion games and a bridge prodigy Joseph Livezey.
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Marvin Gaye
Dion
Abraham
Martin
John
Derek
Tia
F. J. Thomas
Barry Ryan
Eloise
Abraham, Martin
John Dion
Cinnamon Derek
Wichita Lineman
Glen Campbell
Stevie Wonder
Bobby Vinton
Diana Ross
J. Marks
Marks
Roy Dylan
Otis Redding
Tuy Collins
Jimi Hendrix
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Kathy Begley
Daily Times
College
Ronald Kilmer
David Kilmer
Weir Road
Aston
Chester
Kilmer
Sun Valley
Sun Valley Band
Mike
Chevrolet
KC Mechanics
Red
China
Interboro
the Times
Delaware County
Beaver College
Patricia Williams
Cornell
Sally Rogers
David Nash
Davis and Elkins
Paul Bartholomew
Dickinson
Ruth Hormann
Drexel Institute
Susan Schran
Earlham
Barbara Howarth
Mary Low Restall
Elizabethtown
David Jones
Furman University
Walter Kirby
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ronald Dennis
Grove City
William Jarrell
Harcum
Sandra Clark
Haverford
Steven Gross
Immaculata
Leslie Boyd
John Hopkins
Laurence Scheidle
Juanita
Thomas Hollinger
Lafayette
Frederick Robinson
Lebanon ‘Valley
John Jones
Lehigh
John Fritz
Mansfield
Robert Miller
Miami
Brian Mull
Michigan State
Dana Ruhl
Muhlenberg
Deborah Maier
Northwestern
Donald Fahnestock
PMC
Steven Wood
William Chew
Martha Cross
North Carolina
Charlotte Schafer
Pennsylvania State University
Charles Diggins
Jacqueline Faix
William Haines
Sally Skidmore
Philadelphia College of Art
Cheryl Catton
Pierce
Gloria Grant
Betsy Green
Rensselaer
Allan Blore
Susquehanna
David Mazee
Temple
Marilyn Sorkin
Wesley Niewig
U.s.merchant Marine Academy
Ricard Lockwood
University of Delaware
Diane Newswaizer
University of Michigan
Gregory Godin
University of Vermont
Emmy ‘Lou Lucher
University of Virginia
Barry Villanova
Alyse Ghee
George Stewart
Kent State University
Ohio
Stewart
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Jenna Gault
UCLA
Donce Demos
Demostration Records
Symphonopop
Joseph Livezey
Springfield
Dot
Emily Bronte
L.A
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