Upper Darby PAL Center cheers Spinks over Ali
Nearly 1,500 miles away Upper Darby youths followed Leon Spinks versus Muhammad Ali as boxing fans at the PAL Center cheered the World Heavyweight Championship bout from Las Vegas. The report notes weather and a library meeting in Chester as local items of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Leon Spinks
Sam Solomon
Spinks
Muhammad Ali
Ed Crawford
Upper Darby Police Athletic League
PAL
Harry Maitland
Daily Times
Upper Darby
Hilton Pavilion
Las Vegas
Cham
PAL Center
Catskills
Monticello
Crawford
Delaware County
Reed cleared in scandal with loans
Reed, a former Delaware County bank official and executive director of the PMBA, is said to be not involved in improprieties. Gov. Shapp ordered an agency investigation amid loan failures, while Reed and Reece work to reform PMBA with new staff and stricter monitoring despite board resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester — Friends of the Crozer Library
J. Lewis Crozer
Nativity Lutheran Church
22Nd St
Edgmont Ave
Harold D. Ellis
Harrisburg
Delaware County Bank
Fred M. Reed
The
Southeast National Bank
Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority
PMBA
Milton J. Shapp
Reed
Norval D. Reece
Department of Commerce
Minority Loan Agency
Owen H. Montague Jr
Philadelphia
Georgia
Reece
Herbert K. Zearfoss
Radnor
County says CETA hiring problems fixed in Delaware County
Delaware County Council Chairman Charles C Keeler announced at a courthouse press conference that CETA hiring and referral issues were corrected a month earlier after a new contract between county Manpower and the state BES. He condemned U S Rep Edgar for releasing the federal report before he saw it, while noting the study found no political patronage but cited possible abuse and discrimination risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Baldwin
Daily Times
Delaware County Council
Charles C. Keeler
CETA
State Bureau of Employment Service
BES
Keeler
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S
Robert W. Edgar
7Th District
Marple
Edgar
William A. Spingler
Delaware County
Chester
Haverford
Upper Darby
Labor Department
Southeast Delco seeks more time on desegregation order
Southeast Delco School District asks the state Human Relations Commission for a one year extension to submit a desegregation plan. The HRC denied Feb 1 1978 extension and set a tight 17 day deadline for plan submission. District notes progress in special education and gifted programs while pursuing long term integration.
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Darby
Southeast Delco
State Human Relations Commission
HRC
Delaware County
Henry G. Sweeney
Darby Township
Studevan
Floyd
Southeast
Brother of professor beaten over race views in Virginia Beach
Richard Lapchick, Virginia Wesleyan College associate professor and ACCESS advocate, was attacked in his office by two white masked intruders who carved Niger on his stomach. He remains in Bayside Hospital with bruises, a hernia, kidney damage, and facial injuries. His brother Joseph Lapchick and family are under protection as police seek leads.
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Virginia Beach
Richard E. Lapchick
South Africa
Lapchick
Joe Lapchick
Rose Tree
Joseph Lapchick
Virginia
Virginia Wesleyan College
Virginia Wesleyan
Bayside Hospital
Ann Lapchick
Rose Tree Media
Richard Lapchick
American Coordinating Committee For Equality In
Nashville
Tenn
Access
United States
Sandra
Joe
St. John’s University
New York
New York Knicks
National Basketball Association
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Times
Joe Giampalmi
Sun Valley High School
Harry Chaykun
Harry
Daily Times/index
Longwood Gardens
ePenncrest Girls
Ste, Bass
Echonssine Ehoniesivices
Help
Seeeeewene Real Estate
Serene Creer
Aitticuit
Washington
Spingler
Delco
Homer C. Floyd
Delcoman
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