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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1968
Page
3
Chester school officials should have been at Sun Valley High School in Aston Thursday night. They would have seen a school board follow democratic process and give citizens the right to participate for four and one half hours as some 950 people jammed the auditorium. The overwhelming majority supported the proceedings and urged continued public involvement.
An editorial contrasts Penn-Delco and Chester school board meetings over budget and tax issues. It notes heated protests, calls to resign, and differing rules on public participation. The piece praises Penn-Delco for listening, while urging voters to demand funds for teachers over tracks and bleachers.
A group of Parkside politicians opposed to Fenn-Delco's budget, while facing criticism for neglecting education issues, question credentials of education supporters. Rats plague Hinkson Run near Parkside Elementary, prompting delayed exterminator action amid cost disputes among Parkside Brookhaven and Penn-Delco.
Army plans to take in many college graduates this summer as new draft rules end deferments for many grads. Officers expect no major problems, citing educated recruits' readiness and leadership potential. A special unit at Ft Gordon aids graduates who struggle with training and tests, aiming to avoid less than honorable discharges.
A veteran recalls Army discharge cases among 2638 soldiers in two years with 37 as draftees discharged. Lampkin discusses one college graduate in his unit who sought to leave, passing psychiatric tests yet seeking release and noting the Army’s indifference to such outcomes as potentially a minor irritant.
Washington notes that gadgets from televisions to computers are transforming campaigning as violence rises risks increase for candidates. Robert Kennedy relied on grass roots contact but polls and mass media now drive strategy, with personalized outreach giving way to remote, data driven methods.
Washington report depicts Clem Loosefoot of the General Confederacy of Yankee Tourists plans an audacious campaign to force concessions from France. He outlines demands on restaurants postcards taxis entertainment and tourism governance while venting about prices arrogance and service. The piece blends satire and satire with a warning tone about foreign unrest.
A humorous reflection on impostors and credentials in modern times. The narrator muses that ambassadors and others no longer face impersonation, noting past examples from police, doctors, and professors. It ends observing the era of mountebanks is over, with a quirk about authentic McCoys lingering.
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