Pew and Magowan to Receive PMC Honorary Degrees
Delaware County National Bank president Pew and Safeway chairman Magowan, Chester natives, are slated for PMC 140th commencement honors for their business achievements. Magowan, Harvard graduate and former Macy’s trainee, leads Safeway since 1957. Pew, Lafayette College alum, has long served local civic groups and the Delaware County Bank. Gen. George H. Decker will deliver the commencement address and commissions.
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Chester
J. Newton Pew
Delaware County National Bank
Robert A. Magowan
Safeway Stores, Inc
Pennsylvania Military College
Magowan
Edward Thomas Magowan
Baltimore & Ohio
Safeway
Harvard University
R. H. Macy & Co
New York
N. W. Ayer & Son Agency
Securities
Mervill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beanne
Pew
Hig
Chester Business Men’s Association
Chester Hospital
American Red Cross
March of Dimes
William Penn District
Boy Scouts of America
Salvation Army
Delaware County Bankers Association
Delaware County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Kinyn Training School
Chester Citizens Advisory Committee
Lafayette College
C. Percy Webster
Margowan
George H. Decker
Army
Deadly storm lashes county and floods roads
Severe weather across Delaware County spurred thunderstorms in the southwest, claiming at least one death as a 31-year-old man Richard Richardson was struck near a golf club. Two companions were knocked down. Roads near Wayneburg and Ten Mile Creek were flooded blocking Route 18 and Route 21. High winds felled trees, roofs were ripped, electricity failed, and hail lashed Washington County towns.
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Delaware County
Richard Richardson
New
Hightiing
Nouse
Elizabeth
Allegheny County
Richardson
Green County
Wayneburg
Waynesburg
Ten Mile Creek
Washlington
Stad Chang
Japan
Opsi T
Tenens
Ping
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Lamar
Colo
Pak
Folin M. Chang
San Francisco rocked by brief Friday night quake
A light one foot earthquake rattled the Bay Area Friday night lasting only a few seconds with some reporting a distant explosion rumble. UC Berkeley seismologist said the quake originated about 214 miles north on the Hayward fault and caused no damage.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
University of California
Berkeley
Hayward
South Korean Shakeup Looms
A reliable civilian source reports Lt Gen Chang Do young to be replaced as South Korea plans a high level military reshuffle. The move signals a broader shakeup at the top ranks of the armed forces and could affect defense policies and regional stability.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chang Do-young
South
Boy Dies After Being Hit By Car Near Home
Seven year old Christopher Esposito of Broomall was struck by a car as he crossed the street near his home on Friday evening. He had been listing summer activities in a 2nd grade composition when the accident occurred. he remained in surgery later reported critical. The driver Michael Mattey 43 Sonia Lane, Broomall, cooperated with police. His family notified teachers and parish for prayers. Delays followed as authorities reported the scene and transported the boy to Haverford Hospital where surgeons treated him.
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Haverford Hosiary
Pital
Parish
Chris
Marple
Kenneth Yan
Gello
Madison Ave
Falloy
Upper Darby
Broomall
Nhucinian Fawnantimannl
Eileen Foley
Daily Times
Christopher Esposito
St. Anastasia's School
Newtown Square
Moroute
al Chris
Haverford
St. Anastasia’s Hospital
Train Strikes Man Tying His Shoe in Chester
An elderly man, Willie Jones aged 72 of 2309 Ward St, was hit by a southbound Pennsylvania Railroad train at 5th and Angles Streets while tying a shoe. He suffered a compound fracture to his left shoulder and walked home before seeking hospital help about a half hour later. Jones said he did not hear the train. his wife questioned his timing after the incident on elevated tracks.
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Chester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Willie Jones
Ward St
Cheser Hospital
Jones
Joseph Robinson
Congoloum-Nuaira, Inc
Hej
Julia
Dominican Trujillo plot seen as gunfight tally
Reports from Ciudad Trujillo say one assassin was killed and three others captured as a wider crackdown on antigovernment elements follows the assassination of Rafael Trujillo. Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr led the manhunt while Father Gabriel Maduro was detained for sheltering a suspect. The band’s ringleader Gen. Juan Tomas Diaz remains at large. A separate Glenolden robbery involved auto dealer C. D. Black being threatened for a car title.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Huascar
Antonio Tejeda Pimentel
Garcia Guerrero
Trujillo
Pedro Livio Cedeno
Roberto Pastoriza
Fia
Glenolden
D. C. Black
Taylors
5.C
Black
S. Chester Pike
Chester Pike
Oak Lane
Knowles Avenue
Gen. Diaz
Diaz
Simo
US Fleet Alerted as Caribbean Tensions Rise
Washington reports of further disturbances in the Dominican Republic prompted heightened alert of US Navy and Marine forces along the Eastern Seaboard and Caribbean. State Department said use of forces not planned now but not ruled out if Americans are endangered. Shangri La deployed from Jacksonville under general alert with jets aboard. Camp Lejeune Marines tested rapid deployment.
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Navy
Eastern Sea‘board
Dominican Republic
State Department
Lincoln White
U.S
Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
Shangri- la
Jacksonville
Fla
Camp Lejeune
N.C
2Nd Marine Division
Judge limits Freedom Riders as Alabama tensions rise
Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr orders a no violence injunction for Montgomery police and a former reserve officer, bars further clashes with riders, and enjoins the Ku Klux Klan and three individuals from violence against interstate passengers. Thirteen riders are arrested in Jackson, Miss, bringing total arrests to 64 as integration efforts face new legal hurdles and police scrutiny.
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Associated Press
Freedon Tide
Alabama
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgomery
Ku Klux Klan
Jackson
Miss
Johnson
Bonanta
Lgding
Federal Penitentiary
Chain Store Aide Slain by Son in Millburn NJ
Robert Woodruff Besch Sr., 42, assistant sales manager for A&P stores, was shot to death by his 14 year old son in the Short Hills area of Millburn New Jersey. The boy, a Newark Academy ninth grader, used a 22 rifle after entering his locked room. Police say the boy had psychiatric treatment for about a year and found a second pistol in the room. Besch was a trustee and director of several local institutions. The family also includes Lorraine 12 Stephen 10 and Quinton 5.
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Robert
Stephen
Quinton
Besch
Minnie Wrightson
George Huntington Hartford
A&p Chain
Newark Academy
Bosch
Boesch
Short Hills
Fidel Gets Deadline For Swaps
Fidel Castro was given until Wednesday to reply to an offer by Tractors for Freedom to exchange 1,200 prisoners for 909 tractors. The group said it would cooperate and that a failure to respond affirmatively would be seen as Castro retracting his offer. Eleanor Roosevelt, Milian Eisenhower, Walter Reuther, and Joseph Dodge signed the plea.
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Detroit
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom
Castro
Free World
Eleanor Roosevelt
Milian Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Joseph M. Dodge
Kennedy Khrushchev Lunch Opens Cordial Vienna Talks
In Vienna the Kennedy Khrushchev summit began with a 75 minute luncheon at the U.S. Embassy residence as rain fell. The leaders exchanged champagne toasts in a friendly setting, Kennedy buoyed by Paris talks with De Gaulle. They planned to warn against Berlin tensions and press for disarmament concessions, with aides present and later a brief private walk in the garden.
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Vienna
Khrushchev
U.S
Paris
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nhrushchev
Krushchev
Andrey Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Delay Seen Costly as Expressway Route Urged by Keystone
Keystone Automobile Club president J Maxwell Smith urged an early decision on the Mid County Expressway route through Delaware County noting delays due to disputes among Red Blue and Green corridor proponents. He warned postponement raises right of way and construction costs and stressed urgent action to relieve cross county traffic. The route 320 corridor is already congested with truck and auto traffic.
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J. Maxwell Smith
Keystone Automobile Club
Delaware County
Keystone
Delaware Court
Senator Stooper and the old record memory
A humorous note references Senator Stooper and an old-imer recalling how a worn record could be identified by sound. The item appears as a brief in a TimesTelephones Want Ads section with contact lines TR 4-5252 and TR 6-616L.
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