SEPTA adds direct mall service to Springfield Mall
SEPTA's Red Arrow O Bus Route will run a mall spur from 9 am to 4 pm on weekdays and weekends on a 90 day trial, with stops inside Springfield Mall parking and shifts of nearby stops to ease the long walk and curb traffic. Swarthmore officials and mall leaders praise the agreement resolving a 1974 opening issue.
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SEPTA
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69Th Street
Upper Darby
Chester
Larry Shantz
Swarthmore
Chester Road
Baltimore Pike
Delaware County
Sproul Road
Mall
Swarthmore Avenue
N. Chester Road
Swarthmore Ave
John Wanamaker Department
O Buses
Olde Sproul
Oakdale Avenue
Years Ago Highlights From Chester Area News and Links
Crozer Theological Seminary elects Samuel A. Crozer president with Horatio Gates Jones secretary and J. Lewis Crozer treasurer. William Rhodes hosts guests at his Chester confectionery store with ice cream and music by Prof. Davis. Chester angler lands a 155 pound 10 foot Delaware River sturgeon. District attorney G. Robinson praised for calm steady conduct. 83rd birthday of former councilman in Fifth Ward noted with G A R ties. Swarthmore grads delay for Park Avenue blaze distraction. Morton lawyer Garrett E. Smedley dies at 72. Runyan recovers watch via classified ad. Kurtzhalz named Delaware County Tuberculosis Association secretary. Swarthmore College marks 200th commencement. Nason departs Swarthmore for Foreign Policy post. Balloonist Francis L Shields killed in Vienna. Referee Richard P. Callahan dies at 46. Dr E Bruce Thomas retires from Philadelphia College of Art. Tom Speers to stand as best man for John Cartwright in Darby wedding.
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Crozer Theological Seminary
Horatio Gates Jones
J. Lewis Crozer
William P. Rhodes
West Third Street
Chester
Prof. Davis
William Rambo
Delaware River
V. G. Robinson
Francis L. Shields
Green Ridge
Aston
Ballon Club of America
Vienna
Austria
Richard P. Callahan
Glenolden
E. Bruce Thomas
Upper Darby
Philadelphia College of Art
Tom Speers
John Cartwright
Darby
Cartwright
Speers
Navy
Delaware County Faces Job Losses and Trade Policy Clash
An editorial argues Delaware County suffers high unemployment from defense cutbacks and notes federal relief efforts. It highlights Gulf & Western losing a $30 million Argentina contract due to State Department export controls, risking 500 local jobs and potential follow-on business, urging support for an export license to aid American workers and regional redevelopment.
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Southeast Asia
United States
Office of Economic Adjustment
OFA
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DEA
Carter
OEA
Defense Department
U.S. State Department
Gulf & Western
Swarthmore
Falcroft
State Department
U.S. Commerce Department
Argentina
West Germany
Free World
Europe
Middle East
Delaware County Daily Times
The
Daily Times
U.S
Cyrus Vance
On This Day June 7 1978 Highlights History
June 7 1978 marks the 158th day of the year with notable events across history. The list recalls 1942 Midway victory, 1654 Louis XIV coronation, 1769 Daniel Boone Kentucky exploration, 1862 US Britain slave trade treaty, 1864 Lincoln renomination, and 1940 resistance to German invaders.
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Louis XIV
France
Rheims
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
United States
Britain
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore
Events span wars and assassinations across decades
The note recalls Israel's 1967 Six Day War thrust into Egypt and reaching the Suez Canal, the long shadow of conflicts, and a memory of thousands filing past Senator Robert Kennedy’s casket in St Patrick's Cathedral after his 1968 assassination in New York.
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Suez Canal
Sen
Robert Kennedy
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
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College Tract Residence Company
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