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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
3
An editorial argues that Delaware County high schools fail to spotlight dropout faces. It cites a ninth grade attrition rate near 23 percent, linking dropouts to joblessness, burdens on peers, and rising automation creating new roles for educated workers. The piece urges personal persuasion to keep youths in school.
A county grand jury session reviews crimes and the possibility of indictments. They also inspect county facilities and recommend improvements, with air conditioning being a recurring request. The term includes 14 men and 3 women, and jurors may return true bills or allow pleas of guilty to expedite cases.
In Upland the police force dissolves the roles of chief and captain, calling leaders honorary while Councilman Earl Pattis is absent. Parris seeks reversal, but the measure is refused. Citizens wonder about leadership and the town’s baffling political theater amid a broader national note on abundance and progress.
President Kennedy faces a bleak path for Medicare as the Ways and Means Committee plans closed hearings Monday and holds a vote by month’s end. Chairman Wilbur Mills warns only 11 votes exist, making a passage unlikely without a drastic change in positions. a discharge petition remains improbable. General Phoumi Nosavan seeks Republican support for Laos amid U.S. aid cuts, while West Germany backs a new Alexandria drydock project with 15 million marks, outbidding the Soviet Union.
Senior Senator Barry Goldwater argues that the United States must embrace decisive nuclear deterrence and avoid fear-driven restraint. He contends the fear of atomic power weakens resolve, risks Soviet aggression, and could lead to disaster if America shuns its most potent defense. He stresses military leaders seek peace and that restraint invites war.
Richard Starnes profiles Wong Chi Sing and his family in Kowloon as refugees living in dire squatters, highlighting their daily struggle for food, water, and dignity. The piece contrasts their labor and resilience with harsh overcrowding, opium use, and systemic strain on Hong Kong’s resources under British rule. It praises American aid, notably Father Eugene Thalman’s Maryknoll mission, which runs a bakery and clinic serving the Wongs and others, hoping for a dough mixer to double bread output.
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