U S Tractor Team Heads to Havana Swap Talks
A four man American team sails to Havana to negotiate a swap of 500 tractors for 1,200 Cuban invasion prisoners. The Tractors-for-Freedom Committee led by Mrs. Roosevelt and Walter Reuther hopes to reach terms with Fidel Castro and return by Wednesday.
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Car Crashes Utility Pole in Ridley Township Chase
Ridley Township to Lester pursuit ended when a car hit a utility pole at 2nd Street and South Gov Printz Boulevard around 9 p.m. Saturday. Police identified the driver as Donald Gale, 26, of Darby Township. Gale was treated at Taylor Hospital for cuts to the lower lip and right cheek. power restoration followed about an hour after the crash.
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Orange Ave
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Forbes
S. Gov. Printz Boulevard
Hol-Gar workers vote for union in Clifton Heights
Hol-Gar Manufacturing Corp. employees voted to join the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America in an NLRB election. UE won 90 votes to 55 for IBEW AFL CIO. one vote went to no union. Plant at IMU and Sycamore Street makes engine generators.
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Hol-Gar Manufacturing Corp
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National Labor Relations Board
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Hol-Gar
Imu
Sycamore St
Dredging Begins For Pipeline Dredging
Dredging has started near Marcus Hook to lay submarine pipelines for Sun-Olin Chemical Co across the Delaware River. The American Dredging Co. works a trench between New Castle County Delaware and Logan Township New Jersey under the U S Army Corps of Engineers. Masters of vessels are warned to pass the floating plant with extreme care to prevent injury or damage. No completion time is set.
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Delaware River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
American Dredging Co
New Castle County
Delaware
Logan Township
Gloucester County
New Jersey
Corps of Engineers
Instructor Wins Institute Bid For National Science Foundation Program
SECANE Michael Montemure of 31 Cricket Road a Greenville Elementary School instructor was chosen as one of 97 teachers to attend the National Science Foundation summer institute. The Beloit Wis campus program runs eight weeks starting June 19 offering math geology and a physics chemistry course with four semester hours credit for each participant.
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Michael Montemure
Cricket Road
Greenville
National Science Foundation
Beloit
Wis
Montemure
Alexis 3. duPont
Dstrict
Wilmington
Beloit Institute
Crash Harts Two in Auto Crash Hartes Two in Auto
Two people were injured in an auto crash at Morton and Swarthmere Aves in Ridley Township about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. John Hart, 51, of 134 7th St, admitted to Taylor Hospital with a fractured forearm and possible rib fracture, was reported in satisfactory condition the next day. George Dabney, 33, of 1307 6th Ave, required 20 stitches for forehead and left knee cuts and was discharged after treatment. Springfield Electric transformer failure caused smoke but no injury to customers on Norwinden Drive near Springfield Road. the transformer was cut out within an hour.
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Swarth- Mere Aves
John Hart
7Th St
Taylor Hospital
Iday
Hart
George Dabney
6Th Ave
Dabney
Springfield
Milmont Fire Co
Ridley Township
Ice
Norwinden Drive
thePhiladelphia Electric Co
Springfield Road
Kiwanis Honors Top Pupils At Chester And St James
Chester and St James high schools award Kiwanis Builds Forever pins to top students. Charles Silcox presented diamond pins to Charles Silcox of Milmont Park and Ercole Lacianca. Ruby pins went to Marjory Wilson and Jerome Mel Gowan. Gold pins earned by Helen Trosino, Melvin Jackson, Ruth Fullerton, and Terese Stafford. Reinout Kroon named Westinghouse professorship recipient. longtime jet engine pioneer Joseph Howe noted as contributor.
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MacDade Blvd
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Kiwanis
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Marjory Wilson
W.parkway Ave
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N. Chester Pike
Glenalden
St. James
Chester High School
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C Evans Place
Melvin Jackson
Ruth Fullerton
S. Eyre Drive
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Lindsay
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Fire Truck Auto Crash Victim Dies in Suburban Collision
Mrs Joannes Steeley 25 of Collingdale died from injuries after a collision between a car she drove and a Collingdale Fire Co engine driven by Joseph Wilson. She left behind two young children and a husband. Wilson faces a hearing at 7 pm before Justice of the Peace George Washington.
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Clifton Avenue
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Aston Lions Club Sees Installation Dinner
Aston Township Lions Club will hold its annual installation dinner Thursday at 7 in the Rose Tree Inn. Darwin Savage becomes president, to be installed by International Councilor Edward Snow, with officers Ebon Jones John Haupt Frank Fox Walter Longhurst Ernest Drake Mari Taylor Henry Segal Lon Lamer Anthony Mackins. New directors include Herbert Carpenter William Morgan Glenn Fortini Arthur Lynch Rudolph Palmer. 100 percent attendance pins to be presented by International Councilor N. J. Stuhlmuller.
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Mari Taylor
Henry Segal
Lon Lamer
Anthony Mackins
Herbert Carpenter
William Mogran
Glenn Fortini
Arthur Lynch
Rudolph Palmer
International
Weather Edition Notes and Local Bazaar Plans
Rose Valley and Springfield sections share weather highs and lows for the day and five day forecast. The Methodist Church bazaar and sun and moon data are listed with event details at the church lawn and tea time. proceeds support the church building fund.
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Lewis Road
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Chester Postoffice Adopts New Subscription Rates
An early 1876 notice shows the Chester post office under the By Carsler act imposing subscription rates for readers. The ad lists a yearlong subscription at $21 and monthly options at $1 and $2, reflecting a postal rate change and collecting information for mail lists.
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50-Year Grads To Be Honored
A dinner tonight in Exton will honor a year graduate of the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Four area residents will be feted including Dr. Ella W. Grim a 1999 graduate. Attending guests include Dr. Agnes Hockaday Drexel 1911 graduate Dr. Mavie A. Scixas Howard Secane 1909 graduate and Dr. Mary R. Lewis Wallingford 1911 graduate.
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Gien
Frieda Baumann
Jean Crump
Exton
Ella W. Grim
Agnes Hockaday
Drexel Tin
Mavie A. Scixas Howard
Secane
Mary R. Lewis
Wallingford
Boy Car Victim Sul Critical
Christopher Esposito seven year old Braamall boy was struck by a car near Candlewood Road Braamall on June 2 and remained in critical condition at Haverford Hospital. He suffered head injuries after crossing the street to buy a popsicle and underwent emergency brain surgery.
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Candlewood Road
Braamal
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Accident Victim Remains Critical in Darby Township
Darby Township confirms one accident victim, Jack Bluen, stays in critical condition at Vitagerald Mercy Hospital fifteen days after his car struck a utilities pole on May 28 at Hook Road and Tribbolt Avenue. Victim was ejected from the vehicle.
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Sharon Will
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Hook Road
Tribbolt Ave
Darby
Jack Bluen
County Girl Scouts Elect s 61 Officers
The Delaware County Senior Girl Scouts named their 1961 62 planning board and area board officers. Officers include Betty Lou Chadwick president and Kathy Chadwick vice president. Area officers feature Cathy Hoffman chairwoman and Dorothy Gatewood vice chairman, with multiple secretaries, treasurers, and members at large across several troops in Upper Darby Swarthmore Trainer Media and surrounding towns.
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Girl Scouts
Delaware County
Betty Lou Chadwick
Wallingford
Kathy Chadwick
Glen Mills
Midge Chase
Chester
Cathy Hoffman
Woodlyn
Dorothy Gatewood
Swarthmore
Marty Mescrip
Nancy Webster
Paula DeLucca
Joan Hibbs
Charlotte Roellig
Diane Zachorehemny
Wilma White
Green Ridge
Franny Famous
Prospect Park
Carol Freeman
Trainer
Area IE
Judy Hertensteiner
Llanerct Tills
Anita Whitaker
Media
Carol Watson
Peggy Snyder
Manoa
Grace Ferguson
Trina van ‘Dusen
Broomall
Housing Bill Heads for Final Senate Vote
A $6.14 billion housing bill comes up today for final passage in the Senate. Administration forces showed in a marathon session last Thursday and early Friday they had the votes to pass the bill with nearly all of President Kennedy's recommendations included. No further amendments will be permitted though sharp attacks are expected before the roll call. The measure will go to the House, which may take it up next week. The bill authorizes programs to clear slums, rebuild cities, provide more college dormitories, aid veterans with housing, improve mass transit, and build housing nationwide.
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Wallingford Troop Rebirth Plan For Families Meeting
An effort to reactivate Wallingford Troop assisting moderate income families is outlined. The Boy Scouts of America chapter plans to place homes for outreach, modernize facilities, and attract prospective scouts and their fathers at 7:15 pm in the Pine Room at Wallingford Presbyterian Church.
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Hermit Kills Dog and Himself Near Greenville Maine
A remorseful hermit in a remote Maine wilderness killed his pet dog and then took his own life. The body of Fred Marvison, 71, was found by an old friend who had flown to check on him.
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Here
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Allentown
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Ray Pott
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Cherchy
Dallas
Tex
Joe C
Thompson
Southland Corp
Texas
Milwaukee bids farewell to longtime mayor Daniel Hoan
Daniel Webster Hoan 80, Socialist party mayor of Milwaukee from 1916 to 1940, died Sunday after a heart ailment. He began public service as city attorney in 1910, born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and spent decades shaping city politics.
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Widow Divoses Dead Husband to Remarry Among Tanala
Among the Tanala people of Madagascar a widow must divorce her dead husband before she may remarry, a customary condition guiding marriage, inheritance, and social obligation within the community.
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