Death at Dupont Plant Sparks Oceanfront Reflections
A poignant letter recalls the April 18 1978 Dupont plant explosion in Carney's Point New Jersey that killed three men including Thomas H Rogers Howard. The writer, Rogers cousin, describes the funeral as a love in and honors family resilience, faith, and enduring memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carney’s Point
N.J
Dupont
Thomas H. Rogers
Howard
South Jersey
Rogers
Penns Grove
Tom
Fran
Jim
Health care reform, World Cup focus clash in era of tensions
FTC investigators blame doctors and medical societies for high costs and reduced competition. Documents show insurers tied to physicians and some Cabinet aides delaying national health insurance. World Cup in Argentina draws attention amid Videla regime’s public relations drive, while Cuba sees booming tourism and White House pest control jokes echo through Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Joseph A. Califano Jr
White House
Califano
Carter
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
American Medical Association
AMA
Argentina
Jorge Videla
New York
Burson-Marsteller
Videla
100 Years Ago Items From Chester and Area
A roundup of 100 year and earlier notes from Chester and media sites. Highlights include new H C Hunter stationery store at 526 Market Street, a stolen horse report from Fairview Hotel proprietor J F Young, and local business chatter about shops in Market and Fifth Streets. Also mentions Miss Madeline Messick's marriage, a blooming dahlia in Chester, and Delaware County liquor dealers forming an association.
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Chester
H. C
Thompson Hunter
Market Street
H. M. Zook
Samuel Connell
YMCA
J. F. Young
Fairview
Ridley
James Hampson
Market
Fifth Streets
New York City
Madeline Messick
Joseph Messick
Delaware County Trust Company
Mar
St. Michael’s Catholic
James J. McDonough
Philadelphia
William H. Ellingsworth
Thomas P. Fennell
William J. Leon
Hugh McCaffrey
Delaware County Liquor Dealers Association
Arabelle Bond Rigby
William C. Rigby
Media
George Godfrey
Ridley Park
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Joseph R. Taylor Gray Jr
City of Chester
Rae V. Biester
Floating on wind and surf like a seashore scene
A description of a bird gliding with extended wings as wind supports it, contrasted with waves at the seashore. Readers are invited to observe air currents lifting the bird and waves crashing against jetties, where people brace for the next heavy surge.
Turn Stress Into Strength Surfers Ride Waves Of Tension
A guide to handling stress compares stress to surf riding. It urges turning tension into tools, using waves to propel growth rather than collapse. Reverend Schuller of Garden Grove California appears on the Hour of Power TV program.
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Reverend Schuller
Garden Grove Calif
This Day In History June 10 Highlights Of 1610 1776 1898
On June 10 events include Dutch settlers landing on Manhattan in 1610 and the Continental Congress naming a committee to draft the Declaration in 1776. Other noted items: U S Marines invade Cuba in 1898 and Italy declares war in 1940.
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Associated Press
America
Manhattan Island
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
U.S
Cuba
Italy
France
Britain
Gestapo
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Dwight Eisenhower
Soviet Union
United States
China
U.N
Also Mentioned on This Page
Delaware County
Chester Times
Central States Publishing, Inc
Ralph Ingersoll
Rufus F. Walker Jr
Lewiell Winkler
Clifford Rainey
Donald T. Beideman
Halus Ewing
Grim-Reaper
Atlantic City Development
Thomas Gillespie
Jack Anderson
Havana
Canada
Capitol Hill
Senate
UCLA
Gaylord Ellison
University of Virginia
Mrs. Biester
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Mint
Edward William Rodisch
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Prospect Park
Frederick Mehr
Mickey Vernon
George Kell
Boston
Vernon
Senators
Richie Allen
Phillies
Lew Krausse
Oakland A’s
Moscow Area
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Smokey Mountains
Tennessee
Prince Philip of Britain
James McDivitt
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Berrys World
Oakland
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