Editorial letters expose gaps between fact and claim
A reader’s Dec 18 letter on the Marple Newtown High Observatory is challenged by Superintendent Dr. Stover who cites a cost of 16 348 dollars and notes actual use of astronomy classes. The paper pledges accuracy, signs letters with real details, and urges readers to keep facts cold. Washington printing office ad highlights government hiring guides.
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Henry L. Davisson
Broomall
Marple Newtown High School
Davisson
Kermit M. Stover
Marple Township Responds To Delaware County College Dispute
Reader letters urge Marple Township to maintain its obligations to county needs while noting lack of public transportation and limited area for a major college. The writer contends the college is not mandated and argues for careful planning, zoning rules, and consideration of existing services.
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Delaware County Community College
Marple Township
Board of Commissioners
Marple
Board of Adjustment
Summer Jong
Delaware County
Grassroots anti crime drive led by Bruce Palmer in New York
Bruce Palmer, widower of Dorothy Palmer, launches Citizens for Justice With Order CIO to curb crime nationwide. He aims to recruit 10 million workers and raise $25 million by May, building CIO branches in 10,000 cities with leaders like Bob Hope as honorary chairman and Whitney Young on the committee. Palmer argues private initiative can cut crime and cites Indianapolis street safety efforts as a model.
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Palmer
America
FBI
Bruce Palmer
Underworld
Citizens For Justice With Order
CIO
The
Bob Hope
CJO
Whitney Young
National Urban League
Manhattan
3Rd Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Cuba
Castro
U.S
New York Times
New planning code takes effect January 1 in Delaware County
Clarence L. Jordan argues that the Pennsylvania Municipal Planning Code, effective Jan 1, mandates all municipalities to form planning commissions and develop comprehensive land use plans. He warns against urban blight and urges full cooperation with the code for suburban growth.
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Delaware County
Pennsylvania
County Planning Commission
Castro marks ten years as first Communist regime in Western Hemisphere
The article notes Fidel Castro and Cuba’s leadership vowing social reforms including one million women in nonagricultural work by 1975 and a record sugar harvest goal of 10 million metric tons in 1970. It covers economic changes, education, health, and US-Cuba tensions with refu gees and political debate in Congress.
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Fidél Castro
Cuba
Jorge Risquet
Vilma -Espin
de Castro
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
Ronald Steel
U.S. Foreign Service
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
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Washington, D.C
Government
Eisenhower
the Times
Mormon Church
Suburban Water Company
Chester
Parly Titan
Oak Central States
By Tom Tiede
New York
H. Bruce Palmer
Dorothy
National Industrial “Conference Board
Puburban
Clarence L. Jordan
Daily Times
Richard Spong
Americas
James Reston
Fiugencio Batista
J. Williams Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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