Runaway Rail Engine Races 98 Miles Across Kansas
A Santa Fe diesel locomotive started by a dead man’s throttle sped without an engineer, hitting up to 90 mph and touring nine towns before a derailment near Kinsley ends the unscheduled ride. No injuries reported though debris and grass fires followed the chase.
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Kinsley
Kan
Kansas
J. R. Fitzgerald
Hutchinson
Arkansas River
Harold Crain
Division
Newton
Crain
Cal
Stanley Stout
Sterling
Nickerson
Great Bend
Larned
Santa Fe
Lammed
Don Cargill
George Stone
Cargill
Steut
Six Rescued After South Korean Ship Sinks Near Kitakyushu
A maritime safety officer used a rubber boat to rescue six men from a 50 ton South Korean vessel that sank after hitting a reel near Kitakyushu Japan.
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Kitakyushu
Japan
UPI
Cheyney Philadelphia Run Bus Route Hearings Set
Public Utility Commission hearing on Red Arrow Lines plan to run a Cheyney State College to center city Philadelphia bus route enters additional days of testimony. About 40 of 300 Cheyney students spoke in favor. agencies consider extending spur to Cheyney and 69th Street with opposition to city-center service.
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Public Utility Commmmission
PUC
Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co
Red Arrow Lines
Cheyney State College
Center City
Philadelpha
Hubert Earle
Philadelphia
Cheyney
Red Arrow
Transportation Company
PTC
Chester
69Th Street
SEPTA
Thornbury Township
9Th Street
69Th Streets
5Th
iMarket
PTC Serj
Penn
Septa Central
Audtion
Sifl
Sta
Pennsyla
Theylvania
Transportation Authority
Want
Ksepya
Doctor Stiteler Honored for Over Forty Years of Service
Dr Charles J Stiteler a charter member of the Delaware County Tuberculosis and Health Association was honored by the National TB Respiratory Disease Association for more than 40 years of service He received a 50 year service pin and has long served on the local board since 1919 He also held roles as president secretary and treasurer of the Delaware County Medical Society and edited the society bulletin from 1921 to 1938 and 1942 to 1950
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Charles J. Stiteler
Delaware County Tuberculosis & Health Association
National
United States
Chester County
Stiteler
Treas
Delaware County
V. A. Kelly
Medical Society
East Goshen
Three Delaware County Vo Tech Schools to Open This Fall
The Delaware County vocational technical high schools will open in September with about 2 000 students enrolled. Assistant Superintendent Mark Nagy reported 1 685 students have already signed up for courses at sites in Aston and Marple Townships and Falcroft Borough. He noted strong staff prospects, potential substantial federal funds, and plans to purchase equipment to launch first class programs.
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Asst
Mark Nagy
Delaware County School Board
Media Courthouse
Nagy
Alredy
Aston
Marple
Falcroft
Top
Nagy Alsa
Delaware County
Vocational Kelly
East Goshen
Technical School Authority
Ridley Creek
Jin
Kelly
Jin Paoli
Water’ Company
Jearning
Sharon Hill School Board OKs 1968 69 Budget With Tax Hike
The Sharon Hill School Board approved a 1,120,994 budget with an eight mill increase from 70 to 78 mills raising taxes to 78 per 1,000 of valuation. The 1968 69 budget totals 1,714,000, down from 1,122,708. The rise covers higher operating costs and salaries, while the board notes 125,000 was spent on an elementary addition. The Fourth of July Association was also granted use of high school grounds for the celebration.
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Sharon Hill
Hhe
Train Car Collision Injures Four at Vertol Plant Driveway
Four people were injured when a car and a Reading Railroad freight train collided on the Boeing Vertol Division driveway at Sellers Ave and Industrial Highway in Ridley Township. Mary L. Hiepler, 26, was admitted with a head injury. Pauline W. Nelms, 44, brain concussion. Dorothy Ig. Snyder, 49, neck injury. all in satisfactory condition. Police said engineer Rudolph Hellinger approached the grade crossing with warning devices active as the car left the plant.
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Ridley Township
Boeing Company
Vertol
Dayton
Ridley Park
Petes
Sellers Ave
Mary L. Hiepler
Baldwin B. Aston
Pauline .W. Nelms
Wilmington
Del
Dorothy Ig. Snyder
Sewell
N.J
Reading Railroad
Rudolph ‘Hellinger
E. Mowry St. Chester
Newtown Zoning Board Denies Small Lot Variance
The township zoning board refused Robert J. D Urbano's request to build on a 10 000 square foot lot adjoining his Newtown Heights home citing on site sewage concerns and neighbor opposition. The board noted no variances have been granted for undersized lots since 1959 and faces a court challenge over prior decisions. In a separate decision the board approved a special exception for William M. Favre to operate a Kwick Kook dinner facility at 3215 West Chester Pike for off premises consumption.
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Newtown
Newtown ‘Heights
Robert J. D’urbano
Hickory Lane
D'Urbano
James Buckley
Newtown Heights
D’urbano
Field Day Planned by Delaware Valley Radio Club
About 53 members of the Delaware Valley Amateur Radio Club will take part in the ARRL Field Day at Clayton Park starting 3 pm Saturday for 27 hours. Six campsites will each host a complete amateur radio station as the club demonstrates emergency communications. The club, founded in 1952, has conducted field day for more than a decade and invites the public to visit.
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Concord
Delaware Valley Amateur Radio Club
American Radio Relay League
Clayton Park
Route 322
Two County Congressmen Oppose Tax
U S Rep G Robert Watkins and Rep Lawrence Williams oppose a 6 billion tax surcharge bill claiming a 1.4 percent federal spending cut is too small to meaningfully reduce the 1969 budget. They warn the cut will be offset by later appropriations and argue the tax hurts lower and middle income workers amid rising local taxes. Watkins pledges to oppose any tax increase without real spending reform.
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U.S
Robert Watkins
Fed
Birmingham
Williams
Congress
Hel
Watkins
Washington
Senate Set To Approve Tax Bill Amid Broad Welfare Edits
The Senate prepares to pass a tax bill while the House Appropriations Committee trims 300 million from Johnson antipoverty programs and 200 million from K-12 education. The measure imposes a 1,366,000 federal employee cap by June 1966 and requires filling one of every four vacancies. It also seeks an $8 billion rescission of unused appropriations, extends tax rates on telephones and autos to 1970 and 1973, speeds corporate tax payments, ends a large industrial development bond exemption, and extends Medicare protections for welfare recipients to 1970 while allowing unemployed fathers to receive both unemployment and AFDC simultaneously. It calls for President to propose comprehensive tax reform by year-end.
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House Appropriations Committee
Welfare
Johnson
Congress
Allan
Times Man Wins Prize For Longtime AP Photo Winner
Walter Chernokal of the Daily Times won first prize in the Pennsylvania Associated Press News photo Contest sports division for a shot of a race car driver fleeing a burning car at a Trenton NJ auto race. The image advances to best-of-show at the Allentown conference.
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Daily Times
Walter Chernokal
Pennsylvania
Associated Press News
Chernokal
Trenton
N.J
Pennsylvania Associated’ Press Managing Editors Association
Allentown
Tuscany Road
Aston
The
Associated Press Newsphoto
Associated Press
Fires Damage Two Cars in Suspected Blazes
Darby police investigated two suspicious car fires within an hour of each other on Thursday night near MacDade Boulevard Wycombe Avenue and Park Lane Edgehill Road. Fire Chief Albert Raffaele noted extensive damage but said arson could not be confirmed. A separate minor garage fire at 1228 Wycombe Ave was reported at 7:33 am.
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Darby
Albert
Bart) Raffaele
Drexel Hill Cab Co
MacDade Boulevard
Wycombe Avenue
Park Lane
Edgehill Road
Darby Fire Co. No. 1
Wycombe Ave
Vertol named in NAACP hiring discrimination case
The West Philadelphia NAACP branch charges Vertol Corp with discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. NAACP officials say fewer than 10 percent of Vertol employees are Black, with only 12 Black supervisors across facilities in Delaware County. Vertol spokesman denies charges, asserts equal opportunity policy, and says they pursue affirmative practices.
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West Philadelphia
NAACP
Boeing Company
Vertol
Delaware County
Weather Summary: Mild Variations With Showers Possible
Weather expects temperatures near normal with daytime highs mid 80s and overnight lows near 60s. Little day to day change anticipated. Showers possible, with tides at Chester terminal and varied sunrise sunset times noted.
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Charles I. Stiteler
Kenneth G. Alderfer
Health Association
Robert W. Bernhardt
Association
By Joe Sullivan
Delaware County Vocational Technical
State Jealth Department
Radio Club
Senate
Temipéraigh
Tidewater Terminal
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Southern Plains
Lakes
Ohio Valley
Plains
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