Polluters Fines Should Help Damaged Residents
A 1980 pollution fine on BP Oil Inc totaling 52000 dollars is earmarked for the state's Bureau of Air Quality Control rather than to residents whose property was harmed by a dust storm. The editorial urges law change in Harrisburg to permit direct compensation from fines to documented victims.
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Marcus Hook
Trainer
Linwood
BP Oil Inc
State Department of Environmental Resources
Department
Bureau of Air Quality Control
DEA
Harrisburg
Justice of the
SPCA probe into Leiperville cockfights 100 years ago
Chronicle of historic notes from Leiperville and Chester includes a 100 year old SPCA investigation into reported cock fights in Leiperville. It recalls Col D F Houston and Gov Hoyt events, local officials, boxing and lumber ventures, and a WWI reunion among Chester Times staff.
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D. F. Houston
South Chester
Harrisburg
Henry M. Hoyt
Hoyt
Pennsylvania
Frank Jester
Chester
Darby Creek
Philadelphia
Paul Klotz
John Wilde
Lorenzo Nugent
Middle Ward
Republican Executive Committee
William Pennell
North Carolina
Mary L. Vankirk
Samuel B. Logan
SPCA
Leiperville
H. H.scott
Joseph Sommers
Peter H. Reilly
Clifton Heights Hook & Ladder Co
Andrew J. Appleton
Darby Fire Company No. 1
James P. McGowan
Norwood
Almanac entry for January 28 in 1981 and historical notes
Almanac for Wednesday January 28 1981 marks the date with celestial positions and notable births. It recalls events including the 1878 New Haven telephone switchboard debut serving 12 subscribers and the 1915 establishment of the U S Coast Guard.
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Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Mars
Artur Rubinstein
New Haven
Conn
U.S. Coast Guard
Congress
United States
Teng Hsiao-ping
U.S
Portrait of Inequality and Black Children in America
The Children's Defense Fund argues Black children face unequal living standards with limited health care and higher risks. It cites higher infant mortality, school dropout rates, poverty, substandard housing, lack of dental care, and limited immunization, urging local action and self-help to avert a growing underclass.
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America
The
Children’s Defense Fund
Mariar Wright Edelman
Carl Holman
National Urban Coalition
Holman
Ptas
Edelman
Washroom politics and dacha feuds in Washington
Jack Anderson notes a US-Soviet dacha dispute over a prefabricated retreat outside Moscow and describes Washington power culture. He details bureaucratic toilet privileges from Cabinet officers to assistants, recounting access blockages around the President's Pension Policy Commission houses during transitions by Bush and Reagan.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
United States
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
White House
Detente
Moscow
Kremlin
President’s Commission On Pension Policy
George Bush
Secret Service
Federal
Letters Fighting physical barriers
The Times publishes a letter by Zygmunt Z Korejwo Aston arguing that the physically disabled, about 27 million in the U S, deserve equal access and independent living. He notes past segregation and exclusion, urging barriers to public and private facilities be removed for all citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Zygmunt Z. Korejwo Aston
Proud letter misses truth about Congressman Edgar
A reader defends Congressman Robert Edgar against James F. Proud's critique. The letter asserts Edgar’s reelection reflects a strong record, willingness to vote his convictions, and broad support from volunteers. It counters claims of him being a “little guy” and argues political incumbency and district loyalty explain his success.
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the Times
James F. Proud
Edgar
Proud
Robert Edgar
United States
House of Representatives
Schulz
Mr. Edgar
Well done I congratulate your paper and staff on Sun supplement
A brief note praising the newspaper and staff for the Thursday Sun supplement, dated January. The message expresses appreciation for the paper's quality and coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Mary B. Veeteue
Must we turn into a nation of gamblers
An Atlantic City gambling boom prompts warnings about a new national culture of betting. The piece notes casino losses in 1980, job cuts, rising projections for expansion, and debates on regulation. It contrasts potential tax and renewal benefits with rising addiction concerns and social harm.
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Atlantic City
New Jersey
Atlantic City Boardwalk
Waar Girvet Prunciage
Mens On
Las Vegas
Next Magazine
Robert Sam Anson
Nevada
Hugh Carey
New York
New Yorker
Niagara Falls
Wall Street
Anson
Times
Gamblers Anonymous
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John
James
Chester Times
France
Jorge Caballero
Mexico City
Anne E. Seiler
Lima School
Charles R. Macaulay
Elwyn Training School
Horace Walker
Chester High
Ridley Township
George Holloway
Oliver Baker
David Schroeder
Media High School
Providence
Philadelphia Eagles
Richard Harris
Gramling
Clyde M. Abel
Robert M
Bob) Wiederwax
Sharon Hill
Andrew W. MacMurtrie
Delaware County
Almanac
WULME
Teka N.ea,bi
Julian Bond
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Reds
Jack Anderson
State Department
Melvin Maddocks
Christian Science Monitor
Atlantic
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