Police roadblock nets 123 arrests in Delaware County
The Pennsylvania Police Chiefs Association sponsored a midnight to dawn “Burglary Prevention Week” roadblock surge in Delaware County. Sgt. Reynolds W. Comstock organized the plan, enabling 124 officers to cover 22 checkpoints and interior routes. 123 drivers were arrested for motor code violations and one for suspected drunken driving.
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Pennsylvania Police Chiefs Assn
Reynolds W. Comstock
Elwyn
District Attorney’s Office
Comstock
Savings and Loan
City Line Avenue
Haverford Township
Eurofund Surges in First Year with European Stocks
The Eurofund closed end fund, run by Sloan Colt and J Russell Forgan, reports a 17.4 percent net asset value gain in its first 12 months since June 1 1939. It held securities in 78 companies with 61 above cost and top gainers Olivetti and Radiotechnique. The fund emphasizes Europe’s growth and appeals to American investors seeking simpler access to European markets.
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Sloan Colt
J. Russell Forgan
Eurofund
Olivetti
Radiotechnique
ILA
Messrs. Colt
Forgan
Euralund
Ue Tope
Purex
Rexall Drug & Chemical
Pepsi Cola
Scott & Fetzer
Armstrong Rubber
Ford Motor
Holt Rinehart & Winston
Granite City Steel
U. S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel
General Tire
M. Jennings von der Heyde
Chemical Fund
National Investors Corp
Broad Street
Broad Street Investing Corp
Hugest Co
Hugest
Keystone Fund of Canada
North America
Investors Planning Corp. of America
Walter Benedick
National Assn. of Invest
Almins
Chester Folk Festival to Feature Wide Dance Program
The sixth annual Chester Folk Festival will present Scottish Highland Ring and American Indian dances Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Military College stadium. Master of ceremonies Leo D. Jones of the International Institute will lead a two hour show with colorful entertainment.
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Chester
Great Men as Puppets in History by Adler
Reader asks what makes great thinkers and figures reach prominence. Adler traces greatness to size and public action, comparing holy figures, Aristotle and Plutarch, Carlyle, and Tolstoy, who argues that history moves by forces beyond individuals, leaving great men as puppets on a vast stage.
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Miss Wallace
Cheaps
Rhodes
Isaiah
Plutarch
Roamans
Scqundrel Alstrades
Marius
Sulla
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Gracchi Brothers
Thomas Carlyle
Tolstoi
Carlyle
Napoleon
Quiz Bits from a Historic Paper on Moviemaking and Figures
The item presents quiz questions about the Japanese motion picture industry’s growth, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Civil War wounds, a China population forecast of 114 billion, and Augustus Caesar ordering the first census per St Luke. The tone recalls brief factoids from a newspaper page.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Ball's Bluff
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Augustus Caesar
St. Luke
Quirinius
Syria
Debbie Reynolds opens up on gossip and plans
Earl Wilson notes Debbie Reynolds rejects gossip about “That Couple” at Drake lunch. She discusses dating, marriage, and children, denies plans involving a Summit Conference, previews ABC TV show A Date With Debbie, and shares views on motherhood, wigs, and travel.
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New York
Debbie Reynolds
the Drake
Debbie
Harry Karl
Harry
Arthur Godfrey
ABC
Fred Astaire
Europe
Jeanette Johnson
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
George Burns
Gracie Allen
MGM
Jon Pasternak
Connie Francis
Orson Bean
London
Edd
Kookie) Byrnes
Joanie Sommers
Dukes of Dixieland
Connecticut
B'’way
Nevada
Carol Lawrence
Wall St. Stock Exchange
Phil' Silvers
Earl
F. G. Kernan
Britain’s Birching Law Gains Instant Praise
A columnist argues for harsh discipline and supports a birching bill in Britain while linking Africa’s upheavals to family breakdown. Hoover backs the death penalty in the US, and the piece advocates early, family-based punishment as a deterrent to juvenile crime and broader violence.
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Britain
Harlem
New York
London
Toyal
Douglas
Isle of Man
England
America
Carol Chessman
FBI
Hoover
Moses
Letters on school board meetings urge open public process
Readers praise Penn-Delco for respectful public meeting handling of a tax increase and contrast with Marple-Newtown. The piece urges boards to allocate time for questions in writing, stresses public participation rights, and calls out secrecy. It notes Times policy on signatures and authentication.
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Penn-Detea
Paul Shipley
Whem
Marpie-Newtown
Marple-Newtown
Penn-Delco
County School Board
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Johnson Mutual Fund
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Mansfield Tire & Rubber
Martin Co
Standard Oil of California
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Thompson Products
Kerr-McGee Oil
Cutting Is
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Chester High School
Walter Egbert
Hance’s Point
Herman Fritz
Fritz
Samuel Miller
Miller
Harriet Oliver
Elizabeth Miller
Basil Claire
Myra Boyle
George Waller
Clara Riley
James A. G. Campbell
Chester Hospital
Lwice
Board of Managers
Col. Campbell
James Farnan
18Th Street
Chester Commercial Alumni. Assn
Library Hall
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Janet F. Wallace
W. York Spokane
Washington
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