Survival Bowl a county recovery tale amid Sun Ship layoffs
Delaware County braces for long economic recovery after Sun Ship layoffs of 3100 workers. The column urges broad-based county action, state reform, and private sector partnership to revive industry along the Delaware River, warning against a doomed Sunbelt approach and stressing labor management unity. The piece frames the Local fight as ongoing beyond any football season.
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Ronald Reagan
Eagles
Delaware County
Delaware River
Sun Ship
Harry Maitland
Daily Times
Chester
Harrisburg
Chrysler
Washington
Walt Kelly
Policemans ball attracts 3 000 at St Hedwigs 100 years ago
A retrospective note recounts the Policemen's Ball at St. Hedwig's Auditorium in Chester drawing more than 3,000 attendees. It mentions gas lamps brightened since Joseph Spencer began tending them and lists local figures such as Rep. Robert Chadwick and Joseph Pritchard as notable residents.
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St. Hedwig's
Chester
Joseph Spencer
Robert Chadwick
House
Joseph Pritchard
309 Market Street
Thomas H. Humphreys
Joseph M. Worrell
Springfield
Quoit Pitchers Association
Delaware County
Robert Spicer
St. Hedwig’s Auditorium
Chester Times
Clarence R. Moll
Pennsylvania Military College
Charles Saltzman
Marcus Hook
Pressing plea against Sun Ship layoffs for Chester
A Chester community statement urges Sun Ship Company to reconsider plans to close new construction and lay off 3100 workers over two years. It highlights public private cooperation by the Chester Development Office and regional economic groups, urging discussion of alternatives and stressing regional growth opportunities despite current troubles.
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The
Times
Mark Twain
Chester
Sun Ship Company
Sun Company
Chester Development Office
Delaware County Oic
Chester Group
Delaware County Economic Development Center
Riverfront
Sun Ship
Appreciation for Timez Sun Ship Inc Contribution
Timez Sun Ship Inc has long provided work for many people and supported the community. As the company faces reduced operations, the community should acknowledge past efforts and avoid harsh criticism of what cannot be accomplished now.
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Sun Ship, Inc
Small Town America Returns to Core Strength
Ronald Reagan, hailed by many as a unifying president, inspires a call to rally around national leadership while urging Americans to reject partisan excess. The piece extols small towns as the backbone of the nation, praising neighborly spirit and slower, more intentional life as a path back to fundamental American principles and common sense.
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the Times
Ronald Reagan
United States
We the People
House
Reagan
Washington
White House
America
January 22 1981 notable events and birthdays
January 22 1981 marks the 22nd day of the year with 343 remaining. It notes celestial observations Venus Jupiter Saturn in morning and Mercury Mars in evening and celebrates births under Aquarius including British poet Lord Byron born January 22, 1788. It recalls Woodrow Wilson's 1917 speech outlining his ten points.
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Venus
Mars
Lord Byron
Woodrow Wilson
Almanac urges US to join world federation
The almanac notes call for U S entry into a world federation amid Cold War tensions. It recalls North Korea seizing the Pueblo in the Sea of Japan and holding 83 crew members for 11 months before release with the ship retained. It also recounts Lyndon Johnson’s 1973 death at 64 and Carter’s 1979 budget proposal seeking real sacrifices to curb inflation.
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United States
North Korea
U.S. Inteligence
Pueblo
Sea of Japan
Lyndon Johnson
Carter
Daily Times Reader Letter Policy Update
The Daily Times asks readers to include name address and phone when writing unsigned letters. Only names and hometowns appear in print. Allow a week for verification and limit to one letter per writer per month. For questions call 284 7200 Ext 304 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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The
Daily Times
Nurses treated as taken for granted in hospital care
Clifford Kinchela of Brookhaven laments the nursing profession in a Times letter. He contrasts nurse duties and pay with clerks and retail workers, arguing nurses face heavy workload and low wages while hospitals invest in equipment. He urges hospitals and doctors to raise nurse salaries or risk losing staff.
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Florence Nightingale
Clifford Kinchela Brookhaven
Swarthmore defends local police as community’s strength
The editorial warns against merging police forces, arguing economies of scale fail for services. It stresses a community police force serves citizens better, knows residents, and should be supported with external help from county, state, and federal facilities when needed.
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the Times
Daily Times
Swarthmore
Summer of ’43 at Sun Shipyard remembered by a teen
Harry Maitland recalls the summer of 1943 at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. as he joined 34 Depart ment Pipefitting to support wartime needs. He describes 35,000 workers across four yards, dangerous work with hot sparks, electrocutions, gas leaks, and heavy pipe handling, plus overtime bonuses and the threat of wolfpack submarines as T-2 tankers were built.
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Harry Maitland
Sun Ship
Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Chester High School
Robert H. Campbell
Sun Ship Inc
Saville Avenue
Eddystone
Scott Paper Co
Chester
4Th and
Dystone
Mojave Desert
California
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