19 Feb 1973
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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1973
Page
1
In Belfast a Protestant gunman machine gunned two Roman Catholic mailmen as British troops clashed with snipers in Ardoyne. The killings deepen Northern Ireland’s sectarian violence, with a 10 year old witnessing the massacre.
New York AP reports Phyllis Chesler, assistant professor of psychology at Richmond College, argues for direct hand to hand killing of rapists rather than capital punishment. She says the crime warrants death but should be carried out with fury and not by the legal system, and advocates women killing men during rape.
In Philadelphia, 44 women inmates fought in a hallway as guards moved to restore order after reports of stolen methadone and barbiturates. Four male guards, a matron, and an inmate were injured as furniture and cleaning tools were used as weapons. Riot police stood outside but did not enter. Specter promises a full investigation.
Ellen M. Ewing of Mead Washington asks Americans to mail their five million POW MIA bracelets to be melted into a monument to lasting peace. Sculptor Harold Balaz Jr. will design and build the monument at no cost, with bracelets to be melted down and a plan to mail eight cent envelopes to Bracelet Peace Movement Box 2203 Spokane Wash 99210.
At the NOW convention lesbians press for acceptance within the feminist movement. Tesbian organizers push for joint legislation and expanded civil rights, seeking attention for gender and sexual orientation issues without derailing core equal rights goals.
FDA says recall prevented distribution of about 30000 cans from United Canning Co of East Palestine Ohio after undercooking raised botulism risk. Cans weighing six pounds nine ounces were shipped to Pennsylvania Ohio New York and Illinois. Investigators checked pizza parlors wholesalers and subdistributors in the four states and most cans have been recovered.
Montgomery County contractor J. Leon Altemose and Roofers Local 30 officials have begun negotiations to resolve the clash over hiring policies that triggered a picket line attack on an Altemose project in King of Prussia last June. Both sides confirmed talks but offered no progress updates. The confrontation followed union demands for exclusive use of union labor.
Former Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, aged 60, continued in critical condition at Desert Hospital Palm Springs Calif after two weeks of hospitalization for a chest condition possibly linked to cancer of the liver and pancreas. He had surgery in New York last fall to remove a malignant cyst and had been convalescing at his winter home.
Goodwill Industries in Indianapolis faces backlash as donation boxes turn into junk depositories. A spokesman cites about 75000 dollars yearly spent to dispose of donated items found in center containers including littered kitten and puppy remains, rusted hot water heaters and broken sinks.
Four young men were found shot to death at a forest campsite in Henry Cowell Redwood State Park near Felton. Autopsies scheduled. fingerprints to identify victims. Herbert Mullin, 25, is charged in six deaths, but officials say no link to all killings yet.
Sour talk from Tel Aviv notes bee-keepers have pulled honey from the market to raise prices. They cite costs rising toward double the old government-fixed 40 cent a pound, with past surplus and price controls mentioned. Senate actions and Roy L. confirmation also referenced.
George Bird Grinnell, referred to as the father of American conservation, is inducted into the National Wildlife Federation Hall of Fame. A founder of the Audubon Society, he modernized Forest and Stream magazine, pushed for stronger game laws, forest protection, and park preservation before his 1933 death.
Senate figure Sam Ervin, famed for constitutional zeal and outspoken stance on executive power, opens hearings on protecting the First Amendment and shielding journalists from court orders. He weighs limiting presidential impoundment while warning against executive overreach.
A description explains how the elephant’s great weight is borne by pillar like legs and its large round feet. Each foot shows four stubby toes surrounding padded surfaces, illustrating the animal’s structural support.
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