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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1978
Page
1
New York AP reports Textile World forecasts a solid 1978 for the textile industry with sales reaching about 45.91 billion dollars, a 10 percent rise from 1977.
Chester official proclamation hails Labertha Abner Miss Black Chester 1978 for beauty poise and talent. She was chosen May 14 in a South Chester Optimist Club pageant and given a certificate by Mayor John H. Nacrelli. The meeting also covered a $600000 EDA grant offer for a two block pedestrian mall and multiple city actions including a six parcel urban renewal sale for single family homes and pool operations contract.
Bell Telephone Co plans to complete exchanges with letters by early 1979 converting to an all-number system. The change will affect 700,000 numbers across 143 exchanges in Philadelphia and surrounding counties. Other state exchanges already use all-number calling. these are among the last 500 nationwide still using the two-letter five-number scheme.
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