Caribbean Island Turmoil Strikes Willemstad Over Resignation Demand
Dutch marines patrolled Willemstad as labor unions pressed Prime Minister Cio Kroon to quit. Rioting left much of the business district burned, with officials reporting deaths and hundreds wounded and arrested. Looting, curfews, and heightened security followed a Shell refinery wage dispute rally.
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Curacao
Caribbean
Netherlands
Hye
Negro Island
Lst
Cio Kroon
Shell
Wescar
Wil Jemstad
K. van Haren
Man Arrested In Girl Attack In Chester
A 20 year old Chester man, John Boulware of Reading Drive, was arrested minutes after an 18 year old Marple girl babysitting in a first floor apartment was raped at about 3:45 am. She escaped and ran nine blocks to a nearby apartment to call police. Boulware was jailed and faced a Friday hearing on rape charges.
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Marple
John Boulware
Reading
Lrd St
Teacher Cited For Scholarship At Senior Honors Day
Lewis Overbeck seventh grade science teacher at Garnet Valley High School Concord received a plaque at Cheyney State College Senior Honors Day for the highest GPA in the 1969 graduating class. He has accepted a fellowship at the University of Delaware next year.
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Lewis Overbeck
Garnet Valley High School
Concord
Cheyney State College
Overbeck
University of Delaware
Adventure Tales Featured at Borough Hall Story Hour
SWARTHMORE mid quest theme Adventure Tales will be the focus of story hour for intermediate grades at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the borough hall region room. A film titled Stowaway about a 14 year old boy who stows away aboard his father's fishing schooner bound for the Grand Banks off Newfoundland will be shown.
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Swarthmore
Prades
Borough Hall
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Minister Reads Manifesto to Unitarian Church
Rev. David R. Kibby read the Black Manifesto in full to a small Unitarian Church of Delaware County congregation. He questioned its claims and the NBEDC’s claim to speak for blacks while warning that the document could polarize opinion and provoke confrontations before a congregational discussion on proper responses.
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Upper Providence
Unitarian Church
Delaware County
David R. Kibby
Black ‘Economic Development Conference
First Unitarian Church
Philadelphia
Kibby
James Foreman
Detroit
Iibby
NBEDC
NAACP Aide Addresses Critics at Springfield Dinner
Pennsylvania NAACP President Henry R. Smith urged faster but legal progress for Black Americans at the Media Area NAACP dinner dance at Springfield Country Club. He warned against apathy, calling for louder, lawful demands and pressure on the establishment to move beyond talk.
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Springfield
NAACP
Pennsylvania
Henry R. Smith
Pittsburgh
Media Area
Springfield Country Club
Smith
George
Weather snapshot with regional temperatures and NAACP notes
The bulletin lists daily highs from 86 to 70s across cities, with a five day forecast predicting below normal temperatures, occasional showers, and a mid 70s daytime high. It also notes NAACP activities in Albany Albuquerque and media area, urging black unity and faster legal progress.
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Water rate hike in effect for four counties
The Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. raises its rates by 15 percent affecting two million customers in Delaware, Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery counties. The PA PUC approved the increase, with a new annual revenue of about $3.36 million and the elimination of the 5 percent prompt payment discount. Existing rates since May 26, 1964, will be revisited if federal or other tax surcharges change, while costs cited include higher borrowing for plant improvements and relocation due to highway work.
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Chester
Montgomery
Delaware County
PUC
Water Company
Two Arrested In Backyard Party Free-for-All
Two men face Thursday hearings on aggravated assault and battery and related charges after a backyard party dispute sparked a fight with police Friday night. Donald Mangino and Donald Pannier, jailed on bail, were among about 8 to 10 participants helped by off duty officers and neighbors to quell the disturbance at Carter Avenue in Chester Township.
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Upland Justice of the Peace
Kenneth Miller
Donald Mangino
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nether Providence
Donald Pannier
Carter Avenue
Pannier
Mangino
Sherman
Smith
Ronald Kelly
Aston
Upland
Upper Chichester
Parkside
Charles Love
Robert Roach
David Pugh
Joseph Paliafico
George Albany
Love
Chester Township
David Stang
Bernard la Fleur
Crozer - Chester Medical Center
Kelly
New Piano Honors Frank Ritter
The Chester Rotary will present a $2,000 grand piano at the Central YMCA to honor the late Frank E. Ritter. The noon Tuesday ceremony at 2 Eyre Drive will be attended by Ritter’s widow and son Frank Jr., YMCA officials, and Rotary members. Board Chairman Malcolm B. Petrikin will accept on behalf of the YMCA.
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Chester! Rotary
Central Ymca
Frank E. Ritter
Eyre Drive
Killer
Rotary Club
United Steelworkers Union
Yeur
YMCA
Rifler
Prank Jr
Malcolm B. Petrikin
Program May End Hospitals Facing Worker Shortage
Philadelphia area hospitals warn of a severe worker shortage in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Daniel E. Gay, executive chief of the Delaware Valley Hospital Council, says about 4,000 workers are needed now and U S labor training funds were cut, signaling an end to a hospital training program by July 19 unless restored. The last 80 trainees will finish by that date as hospitals appeal the decision.
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Bucks
Pennsylvania
Piays Gay
U.S. Department
Daniel E. Gay
Delaoram
Valley Hospital Council
City
I Delaware
Montgomery
Gay
NYU President Hester to Speak at Crozer Seminary Commencement
James M. Hester president of New York University will deliver the commencement address for Crozer Theological Seminary’s 19 member graduating class. One alumni, a retired Navy chaplain, will attend and share a special meeting at 8 p.m. in the Pennerest High School library in California.
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Upland
James M. Hester
New York University
Crozer Theological Seminary
Ee Aele
Navy
James General
At & P
M.m. Hester
Long Beach
Pennerest
Calif
Four Nabbed In Hub Thefts
Four persons were arrested on Lamp Post Lane on charges of stealing hubcaps. Arrested are Eugene D. Mushinski, 19, James H. Schnallman, 18, Steve Hetland, 18, all of Upner Chichester, and John M. Everrett, 21, of Jacksonville, Fla. Hetland and Everett were handed to the shore patrol. Justice of the Peace Henry Silva will hear the case Wednesday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Hetland
Everett
Navy
Justice of the Peace
Henry Silva
Storm cripples New York subway during fierce thunderstorm
A damaging storm paralyzed New York City's transit during morning rush with flooded subways and tunnels in Manhattan and outer boroughs. Rain measured 2.35 inches in Brooklyn in two hours starting 5:30 a.m. Long Island Rail Road tunnels flooded, East Side Highway closed, power lines downed, many commuters turned to cars.
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New York
Central Park
Weather Bureau
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Long Island
Swarthmore Committee Meeting Scheduled for Wednesday
Swarthmore Activities Coordinating Committee will convene at 3 p.m. Wednesday in borough hall to discuss upcoming events and activities.
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Swarthmore
Swarthmore Activities Coordinating Committee
Borough Hall
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