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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1960
Page
3
A column links driving a car to lower high school grades, urging discipline to protect futures, and reports on Village Green CMA adding eight water tanks near Octoraro Creek for a five day supply. It recalls Chester’s past water quality improvements and notes a Weather Balloon project by local junior high teachers Douglass Pulaski Showalter.
The piece explains that closed end investment company shares often trade below asset value due to weaker demand and lack of redemption provisions. Open end mutual funds redeem at asset value, while closed end shares rely on market supply and demand. Investors buy management and asset value but may face larger discounts when selling. Doyle notes he answers representative letters in his column.
The Ridley Park Tower Forum will host a dessert bridge pinochle and canasta party Tuesday at 1 p.m. on the grounds of Longfield Ridley Park the home of Mrs Arthur G Baker If weather is bad it moves to Mrs Walter F Layer 415 BE Ridley Ave Ridley Park Also notes include several local residents returning from travel visits and a Ches ter High School senior trip to Washington D C and a strawberry festival planned by the Ladies Aid Society of the South Chester M E Church.
A critique of labor unions transforming private associations into public bodies. The piece argues compulsory membership erodes individual exit rights, forcing members to support leaders' political aims. It cites historical cases and calls for safeguards for dissident members and minorities against economic coercion.
This quiz item covers Haiti's national hero Jean Jacques Dessalines, how rainbows form, giraffes eyesight, Demosthenes choosing death over captivity, and US presidents receiving pensions under 1958 law.
President Eisenhower weighs continuing U-2 overflights over Red China and North Korea while Dulles and the Joint Chiefs push to keep a free hand. State Department backs extending the ban until after Eisenhower's upcoming Asia trip. Okinawa bases and coastal reconnaissance are central to arguments, with Rumanian-like totals of planes and ships cited in regional and Soviet contexts.
Sylvia Porter reports that giant American investment funds hold over one third of their stock investments in 49 stocks. Top 19 show strong concentration, with 48 of 73 funds owning IBM and Texaco among the leaders. most of the 49 declined in early 1960, while a few rose. The piece notes selective investing by pros and amateurs alike.
A Delaware County Daily Times letter advocates Eisenhower era Letters Abroad program. It outlines how the nonprofit, non governmental service links Americans with overseas readers, seeking pen friends to share culture and peace. Readers 16 and up may apply by sending name address age occupation and interests to Letters Abroad Inc New York.
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