Readers Debate Flags and Taxes in Memorial Day Notes
Letters from Delaware County readers weigh flag display as patriotic duty versus personal choice. Dorothy Marini and M Cronin stress honoring fallen soldiers, while others critique tax burdens, labor unions, and U.S. policy on Laos and the Communists, urging clear civic responsibility.
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Delaware County
Dorothy R. Marini
Custer Ave
Glenolden
M. Cronin
Academy Ave
Mr. Cronin
Angeline the star and travel tales in Cannes and India
Actress Angie Dickinson sits with friends at the Hotel Carlton in Cannes and recalls travels from New Delhi to Bombay. She promoted Jessica in Germany and Italy, met 400 people in New Delhi, and discussed Broadway plans while noting Cleveland and Pittsburgh sports scores.
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Angie Dickinson
Beautiful Legs
Carlton
Cannes
Wife
Bangkok
Angie
India
Galbraith
New Delhi
Bombay
Jessica
Germany
Thaly
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Richard Burton
Frank Sinatra
Dean Mastin
Barriere
Hollywood
Charlie Feldman
Pali Springs
Jimmy van Hensen
Kennedys
Kulm
N.D
Follswoad
Mollywond
Cy Feuer
Europe
Angeline
Gene Dickinson
Glendale College
Cal
Gandhi
China Experts Read Chinese Crisis From Hong Kong Hill
Richard Starnes reports from the United States Consulate General building on Garden Road Hong Kong where analysts study China’s crisis. They note shortages of clothing and consumer goods, inflation, weak light and heavy industry, farm reforms, and shrinking tractor output. Foreign exchange gaps and HK currency links strain imports, while experts question Mao’s leadership amid 600 million restive citizens.
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Hong Kong
Garden Road
United States Consulate General
China
Mao T'se-tung and Co
Udall Proposes Recreation Bureau to Unite Federal Parks
Interior Secretary Udall leads White House Conference on Conservation to push recreation expansion. He creates the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to coordinate federal programs across 20 agencies, with plans for $50 million in matching state grants. Craft s leads the bureau as new head, stressing recreation as essential for health culture and morale amid rising demand for more, better facilities nationwide.
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Washington
Stewart L. Udall
White House
State Department
Congress
Lale Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Udall
Bureau of Oatdway Recreation
Edward C. Crafts
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Elis Top
Sistant
Lawrence N. Stevens
Kennedy
Laurance Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Recron
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation 9
BOR
National Park Service
Army Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Legislature
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Crafts
Dr. Crafts
Larry Stevens
Stevens
Darby Hosts Sixth Annual Delaware County Firemen Meeting
Darby welcomed the Delaware County Firemen Association for a two day gathering with headquarters in Odd Fellows Temple. Elections opened, as the group planned events and commemoration for the first Swedish Colony ceremony at Essington, while Pennsylvania Military College set a three day commencement schedule ending with a Sunday retreat parade and honors for 28 seniors entering the Army.
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Darby
Delaware County Firemen’s Association
Odd Fellows
Temple Main Street
Charles S. Salin
William F. Delehanly
Delaware County
Pennsylvania Military College
Pennsylvania Military Preparatory School
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
9Th
Madison
John H. Wauser
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AES
Anthony
Clover Lane
Chester
Labor Speaks
W.C. MacDonald
Chelsea Age
Chemical Workers Union
Laos
Thomas J. Pennewell Jr
Ward
Thailand
Earl Wilson
B.W
Atari
Eddie Fisher
Sid
Jodie Sands
Sugar Ray Robinson
Jule Styne
Milton Berle
Harl’s
Rip Taylor
Taffy Tuttle
Eddie Condon
Earl
Brigitte Bardot
France
Hal March
Alan Gale
Alan
Laurenes Harvey
Majorca
Robert Blark
Ongke Se
Richard Starnes
People’s Republic
Fhent
Peter Edson
Congress Coal
Peter
Edson
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