Editorial: Boys Climb Trees and Public Safety
The piece condemns bare electrical lines in Delaware County as deadly to boys, urging insulation of wires and safer utility practices. It also argues the Yugoslavia aid policy should be judged by outcomes in the Cold War, and highlights a Swarthmore church fire drill as a model for preparedness and engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County
Arlier
D. W. Llewellyn
Newtown
Philadelphia Electric Co
Public Utilities Commission
Congress
Yugoslavia
Europe
Tito
Russia
Moscow
John Kulp
Swarthmore Methodist Church
Swarthmore
Morton
Rutledge
Springfield
Swarthmore Church
Senate
House
State Department
Popovic
Dean Rusk
Brazil
Peru
Chile
Bourke Hickenlooper
Iowa
GOP
Dandcit
Hickenlooper
Popovics
Ife
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Delaware County Daily Times
Letleexa
Public Intereal
Getlere
Times
Soaring Ceiling Congress Raises Debt Ceiling to 308 Billion
Congress moves to lift the public debt limit to 308 billion dollars with an automatic reversion to 2305 billion next April 1 and to 300 billion by June 24 as approved by the House Ways and Means Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Delaware County Roundtable on Fallout Shelters Education
Public concern over fall-out shelters has faded as permits for shelters remain scarce. The piece outlines proposed Defense Department principles, federal support plans, and potential funding up to 2.50 dollars per square foot for remodeling or building shelters in public and non profit institutions. It questions how local tax systems and school boards will fund and implement shelter programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitman
Secretary of Defense
Civil Defense
Department of Defense
United States
Boards of Education
Defense Department
First Lady May Be Expecting Claims Circulate
Intimates say the First Lady, aged 32, may be pregnant again and active in upcoming elections. Close friends cite medical visits to New York and a possible pregnancy wardrobe as evidence, though staff deny knowledge of any pregnancy. The President and Mrs. Kennedy have hinted at family growth while downplaying official role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph “Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Democratic National Committee
Readers debate Medicare policy and politics in letters
Mrs J Spencer Jackson of Media writes amid partisan clash over the King Anderson bill. She cites Canada and England as warnings against government medical plans, notes Ways and Means party splits, and urges vigilance as Democrats align with Republicans to push a floor vote.
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England
Canada
Africa
India
Ways and Means
House
Skaughter House
J. Spencer Jackson
Cireic
Macao Faces Pressure as Refugees Flood From China
Richard Starnes reports from Macao where thousands flee Red China, crossing Pearl River estuary to a densely packed city of under 10 square miles. Hong Kong, by contrast, has slowed the exodus as Macao struggles with crowding, disease, and fragile relief efforts amid uncertain future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Pearl River
Afacao
People
China
Macon
Macao
Wong Kong
Macau
Teem
Ing Hong Kong
Lam Fleang Chun
Lam
Siu Lem
United States
Opposes Blue Route Letter to the Editor
Mrs William Rocap Jr from 308 Henry Lane Wallingford writes in defense of objections to the Blue Route. She recalls attending a December public hearing from night into morning where 40 of 73 speakers opposed the plan and contends the route fails interstate highway specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
William Rocap JR
Henry Lane Wallingford
Unions High on Ho 2 to the Times Letter
The letter cites William H Reynolds charging Barry Goldwater favors investors over workers. It quotes Father John J Cronin and Rev. John J Coogan disputing profits, bankruptcies and wages. The Garment Workers Union is noted with assets of 424 million as an example of union strength.
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William H. Reynolds
Barry Goldwater
Reynolds
John J. Cronin
John J. Coogan
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Robert S. Allen
Paul Scott
Hope
Wwe
John, Jr
Caroline
Koca Popovic
Robert
S. Allen
Medicare
the Times
Edward Annis
M.D. Spokes
Man
The
American Medical Association
Richard Starnes
Somerset Maugham
Maugham
Lung
Red China
Peiping
Richard
Starnes
Wall
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