Editorial condemns offering military service as sentence alternative
The piece condemns a Delaware County judge's offer to defer a driving while suspended charge if the youth enlists. It argues the tactic harms the military image, echoes past criticism from 1966, and urges ending the practice to improve sentencing. It calls for a stricter, uniform approach and a sentencing commission separate from courts.
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Delaware County
Francis J. Catania
Philadelphia
Henry G. Sweney
American Legion
Debated debt vote and a campus ice cream course note
A cynically partisan House vote on a 29 billion debt increase draws critics who say spending is controlled by Congress not the debt ceiling. The piece laments the political theater and highlights a Delaware County extension campus program offering the Jon Crean Short Course on ice cream production with 200 flavors and 2,000 alumni over 40 years.
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Congress
Lhal
Poem State
Delaware County
Jon Crean
University Park
Utopian goal of gadgets that won't fail shocks engineers
Washington experts Paul Ignatius and Finn Larsen argue for military and civilian gear that lasts the life of the system with high probability of no failure. They propose built in spare parts, self reinforcing parts, and immediate field replacement to reduce supply lines. The piece notes civilian gadgets lag behind military aims and explores the cost of breakdowns and repair, hinting at a no-failure future as the ultimate objective.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Paul &. Ignatius
Ignatius
Larsen
Goa
Letters to the Editor on Export-Import Bank subsidies
The letter argues the Export-Import Bank finances subsidized arms to the Soviet bloc and urges Americans to contact representatives to ban such subsidies. It claims taxpayers would underwrite Soviet warmaking and repay bankers with interest if the Reds default, urging action to prohibit this credit.
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Ihea
America
U. A
Soviet Bloc
Trinsky
Daily Times letter from Delaware County reader ten years on
Mrs Russell Rimarcello of 106 T Madison Ave Clifton Heights writes about the Daily Times being read aboard ship in the South Pacific. She praises the paper for bringing local news and notes longtime district superintendent George Wright as a friend and influence.
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Danly
Daily Times Cartier
George Wright
Mim
Mrs. Russell
Rimarcello
T. Madison Ave
Clifton Heights
Long hot summer overhyped by fringe Negro leaders
Washington wary of militant rhetoric as fringe figures claim to speak for masses. Conservative groups like Urban League and NAACP remain established, while King and SCLC have limited followers. Extremists rely on sensationalism, publicity, and violence as tools, while mainstream leaders fear the looming confrontations and public manipulation.
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Washington
The
Urban League
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Herbern
Summer Fury Threat to Poor Whites Ignored Says Study
An analysis warns summer unrest could spark violence among poor white youths as unemployment and city life strain families. It contrasts this risk with the plight of millions of Negro youths and notes the need for work and constructive avenues to prevent outbreaks of violence amid economic distress.
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Jo& McCarthy
Alog
Carmischael
Mors
Daniel P. Moynihan
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Stokely Carmichael
Student Non - Violent Coordinating Committee
Floyd Meg Kissick
Congress of Rascial Equality
Julius Hobson
Crouby
King
Noyes
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Dmz
Lotel
Coustessy
Bruce
Biossat
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