Chester Mayor Opens Branch Office and Ends K-9 Unit
Chester Mayor John Nacrelli announces July openings for a Mayor's Branch Office in the West End and the disbanding of the police K-9 Corps around July 1. The office aims to speed answers to complaints, reduce tensions, and improve police community relations with a three-member staff including a uniformed officer. The branch will open at 1715 W 3rd St with hours noon to 8 pm and will include a housing inspector. Preliminary Governor's Office data cite frequent complaints about jobs housing education legal police finances and discrimination. The mayor urges citizen use to foster understanding and better government.
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Chester
John Nacrelli
West End
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
W. 3Rd St
Tas Nacrelli
City Hall
Dialogue With Youth: Canham Answers About Poverty Riots
Edwin D. Canham replies to a 10 year old question about why Negroes are poor and in slums and why riots occur. He says lack of education and denied opportunities keep people down, notes progress when opportunity opens, and states riots wake the nation to justice needs though do no good.
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Christian Science Monitor
Edwin D. Canham
Canham
House Education and Labor Committee
Albert
Quie
R. Ming
Freeman
Quien
Bureau of the Budget
Miami Beach Housewife Wins Swift Garbage Pickup After Call
A Miami Beach resident phoned Mayor Jay Dermer to complain about missed trash service. The next morning garbage was collected, and the mayor’s swift action drew attention to prompt city responses.
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Miami Beach
Jay Dermer
Suburban truck size limits must stay local in Delaware County
Clarence L. Jordan argues against lifting weight and width limits for trucks and buses. He notes interstate roads may handle large units but local roads will suffer if trucks roam onto suburbs. He urges Congress to let states decide weights and widths, citing safety concerns and AAA testimony.
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Delaware County
U.S. Senate
Senate
Congress
Washington
American Automobile Association
George F. Kachlein Jr
Garden State Parkway
National Safety Council
U.S
Profit Motive Greatest Virtue in America
A letter to The Times argues that profit has replaced moral values in the US. The writer cites cinema, television, pornography, drug trade, and mass entertainment as signs of a sick society, conceding doubt about patriotism or free enterprise while lamenting ongoing cultural decay.
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America
New Stlands
Oaks
Apprenticeship Outreach Recruits Ghettos for Union Jobs
AFL-CIO building and construction unions push Apprenticeship Outreach in 41 cities to place minority youths in four week programs leading to skilled trades. Applicants are trained coached tested and guided to journeyman wages with overtime and benefits. Programs target ghetto youths offering tutoring and school reentry if needed.
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Washington
Resurrection City
Afl-Cio
Building and Construction Trades Department
Building Trades Union
Baltimore
Willard Wirtz
Wirtz-(Neal) Haggerty
Labor Department of State
Afl-Cio Building and Construction Trades Unions
Needle 50
Food Stamps Delay Deepens Hunger Gap Across States
An analysis outlines slow food stamp rollout despite pledges, showing large subsidies to farmers in states like Alabama South Carolina and Texas while millions of poor residents receive little aid. It notes structural limits of the programs and cites a 1960s budget delay in crucial data.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Alabama
Department
South
Carolina
Texas
Calfornia
Indiana
Kansas
North Dakota
Washington State
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Clarence L. Jordan
Daily Times
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L. Jordan
the Times
Robby Kennedy
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Chicago
Houston
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Newark
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Phi Thomas
Jim Reynolds
The
Urban League
Workers Defense League
Opportunities Industrialization Center
Piri
Victor
Riesel
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