Chi Grad Recovers After Parade Injury At Harrisburg
Marilyn Parker, 18, a Chichester High School banner carrier, fainted and smashed her head during a Trile parade in Harrisburg. She remained unconscious, was treated for a brain concussion, and received her diploma from her brother in Crozer Hospital. She aims for a post graduate parade in Atlantic City and a future in the Women’s Air Corps.
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Walter Parker
Chichester High School
Marilyn
Crozer Hospital
Chichester
Upland
Marilyn Parker
Walter
Harrisburg
Marcus Hook
Ridge Road
Linwood
Miss Parker
Waller Parkers
Atlantic City
Women’s Air Corps
Showers Offer Brief Humidity Relief in Delaware County
The article notes the region endured the year's hottest day aided by a morning storm and light rain totaling .06 inches. A cool Canadian front is forecast to push temperatures down into the 50s and 60s by Thursday with more showers possible. a concrete slab near Brookhaven Road was raised by heat, prompting barricades.
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Delaware County
Edgmont Ave
Brookhaven Road
Brookhaven
State Highway Department
Two Delco Seats Loom In Senate Redistricting
A proposed plan to realign Pennsylvania Senate districts would drop three Republican seats to Allegheny Delaware and Montgomery counties and shift others including Luzerne Lebanon and Clinton Lycoming counties seeking parity while maintaining Philadelphia's eight seats.
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Harrisburg
Senate
Allegheny
Delaware
Montgomery
Harry E. Seyler
Cyark
Seyler
Luzerne County
Lebanon County
Schmylkill County
Clinton
Lycoming
Philadelphia
Fast Action Daily Times Wanted Ad Push
Community classifieds urge immediate sale of used air conditioners boats refrigerators golf clubs patio furniture and lawn mowers with emphasis on high demand items and quick cash opportunities during extreme heat conditions.
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Daily Times
Bardsley Payment Under Scrutiny by Delaware County
County Controller Catharine Adams asks the district attorney to determine if a conspiracy existed in the $2404 payment to Harry Bardsley, Upper Darby tax collector and GOP candidate, involving Hugh Garehinsky and Frank Clark. Watkins ordered the probe after records were removed from Adams office.
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Catharine (Kay) M. Adams
Harry Bardsley
Upper Darby
Bardsley
Hugh Garehinsky
Clifton Heights
Frank N. Clark
Delaware County
Watkins
Upper Darby Township
Main and Co
Garchinsky
William Parsons
Paul J. McCarthy
Foreign Aid Fight Seen Across Capitol Split
In Washington Kennedy's $4.8 billion foreign aid bill faces tough, party line support amid Senate hearings led by Fulbright. McNamara and Leminitzer testifying as debate centers on selective aid and funding levels, with critics cautioning aid to undemocratic regimes and wary of perpetuating reform-resistant governments.
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Washington
J. Wiliam Fulbright
D-Ark
Kennedy
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Lyman J. Leminitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
American Viscose Corp
Marcus Hook
New York
Marcus
Capitol
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Senate
Congress
Ple
Ed Avicel
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Tompkins
Spy Case Echoes Thriller as Officer Charged with Spying
Irvin Scarbeck, 41, a Foreign Service officer at the U S Embassy in Warsaw, is charged with passing classified U S secrets to Polish agents. A blonde Polish woman allegedly lured him into cooperation. Scarbeck is jailed after a $30 000 bond was set following his arrest by FBI agents in Washington on a complaint by the Justice Department.
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Washington
U.S
Poland
Irvin Chamber
Scarbeck
Warsaw
FBI
Washington Street
Justice Department
Sam Wertleb
Searbeck
United States
Final Route for Mid-County Express Way Awaited
Park H. Martin, secretary of highways, said the final route for the Mid County Express Way through Delaware County has not been chosen and no public hearing date set. He expressed hope to resolve views and obtain approval to proceed to a public hearing this summer.
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Delaware County
Park H. Martin
The
Daily Times
Martin
Bureau of Public Roads
Power Failure Strands Midtown Manhattan in 44-Hour Blackout
A massive citywide blackout hits midtown Manhattan as a transformer fire at West 65th Street cuts power to five square miles. Hospitals, subways, and traffic lights fail while emergency generators keep essentials running and temperatures surge to a record 96 degrees.
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New York
Manhattan
Hudson River
Times Square
West 65Th Street
Amsterdam
West End Avenues
East 63Rd Street
Long Island City
East River
Midtown Manhattan
Cancer victim tours zoo in wheelchair
Johnnie Dougherty, a cancer patient from Ridley Township, rode to the Philadelphia Zoo in a Milmont Fire Co. ambulance. He met dozens of animals, fed goats and a guanaco, and enjoyed a day that left him excited to go home after hours of exploration and wonder.
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Joe Jennings
Daily Times
Ridley ‘Township
Johnnie Dougherty
Philadelphia
Johnnie
Milmont Fire Co
Dougherty
Girard Ave
William Clark
Ralph Guarente
Elizabeth
Zoo
John Fisher
Ridley, Township
Pat Menichini
Dren
Rex
Esmeralda
Jazmine
Walley
Sammy
Menichini
Guarense
Stinky
Dinky
Monichini
Cheeper
Pat
Joannie
Tractors for Cuban Prisoners Talks Open in Havana
A four member American team met Cuban officials and Fidel Castro in Havana on the first day of talks to swap 500 tractors for 1,214 exiled prisoners. The session included discussions with Osvaldo Dorticos Agrarian Reform officials and captives, with guarded optimism reported by Knight Newspapers.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Osvaldo Dorticos
Agrarian Reform Institute
Robert Boyd
Knight Newspapers
Miami Herald
Swithh
Castro
Cuba
Miami
Duane Greathouse
United Auto Workers
The
Four
Jack Best
Greathouse
Havana Naval Hospital
Tad Stule
New York Times
United States
Freedom Riders Split Into Two Groups On Segregation Protest
Fourteen Freedom Riders split into two groups of seven to challenge segregation on interstate travel. The first group departs Wilmington, North Carolina by public bus to Charleston, then to Jacksonville, Florida, staying overnight in Charleston. A second group of rabbis and ministers spent the night in Raleigh as they press for access to facilities for all passengers.
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Associated Press
South
Wilmington
N.C
Charleston
D.C
Jacksonville
Fla
Alabama
Mississippi
The
Congress On Racial Equality
CORE
Raleigh
Supreme Court
Gordon J. Negen
New York
Senator Snooper notes crowded circus crowd favoring churchgoers
In a brief remark Senator Snooper observes that many people are drawn to the circus while choosing to attend church with their children, implying a balance between entertainment and religious life.
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