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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1969
Page
3
An editorial argues against a blanket 10 cent junior high lunch in Chester to aid elementary pupils. It urges free or reduced meals for needy junior high students, suggests using funds for elementary lunches, notes federal aid limits, and stresses better outreach to poor families.
Readers respond to charges that Rose Tree Media School District voters were fed ballots to push “right” candidates. The letter questions voter ignorance and notes teens at Penncrest High School offered a thoughtful June editorial on the election.
A reader from Chester writes that the Colonial Courthouse on Market Street is dirty and dusty, its front room filled with tools, and urges restoration to match Philadelphia’s pride in colonial structures. The letter calls for renewed civic effort to preserve historic buildings.
The Daily Times editorial likens James Forman's ultimatum to blackmail and compares church leaders to stablehands seeking a pension fund. It questions who benefits if Forman wins and notes the potential reach to the poor, while criticizing church complicity and press bias.
The Berkeley controversy over a 3 acre vacant lot turned people’s park into a theater of confrontation. Police cleared the park, a riot followed, a bystander was killed, and 43 others wounded. The incident fueled fears of mob action and radicalization on campus and in the city.
A Education Office survey finds high quality applicants and rising salaries for bachelor degree holders in 1969. Many graduates remain unsure of career paths despite abundant offers, with 35 percent leaving jobs within three years for better prospects or challenging work.
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