Court Gives Final Try at Districting
Nashville AP reports a three judge federal court says the Tennessee Legislature must produce a constitutional reapportionment plan or the court will act. The latest session bills reshuffled House and Senate seats but failed voter population basis requirements. If the next legislature fails, the court vows to enforce constitutional rights of plaintiffs.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Peither
Senate
New Rotary Club Receives Charter in Springfield
The Aston Brockhaven Park side Rotary Club was granted a charter on Friday in Springfield. Walter J. Lewicki of Swarthmore serves as president, with officers including John B. Lomas of Letini Heights as vice president and Rev. George W. Eppheimer as secretary. The club has 21 charter members and Dr. Barth Sykes of West Chester State College was the charter dinner speaker.
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Springfield
Aston-Brookhaven
Parkside Rotary Club
Walter J. Lewicki
Westminster Ave
Swarthmore
John B. Lomas
Letini Heights
George W. Eppehimer
Village Green
Stephen P. Pahides
Wyncroft
George Ahrens
Drexel Hill
Richard I. Griffith
Media
Jack Gross
Chester
Serjeant-At-Arms
Dr. Barth Sykes
West Chester State College
Air France crash toll reaches 112 dead in single-jet disaster
Air France announced 102 passengers and 10 crew members killed in a Boeing 707 crash, with wreckage strewn over a mile of dense undergrowth. Authorities note the disaster followed another 707 crash earlier this month, prompting calls to ground the aircraft until explanations are found.
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Air France
Atlanta Art Association
Boeing
Folcroft School Board approves 8 mill tax boost plan
Folcroft school officials adopt an 8 mill real estate tax increase for 1962 63 to fund a school addition and architect fees. The budget rises by 110 300 over the current year with total expenditures of 598 900. A 22 year old man, Anthony Dugan, was held for driving while suspended after his car collided with a Trailways Bus at 9th and Upland Streets.
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Folcroff
Folcroft Schoen
Delcroft Chester
Pwili
Anthony Dugan
Marton Ave
Anthony Smith
Dugan
Trailways
Upland
Workman Discovers Dead Baby After Car Hit Fence
A Workman found a dead unborn baby Friday near the William Penn housing project as a Chester scene included a car crash on Valleyview Drive. Police reported a driver narrowly missed a pedestrian before wreckage spread across a block. The body was found when trash bags were being emptied for a Summer Recreation program. The driver and two passengers were hospitalized with facial injuries.
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C. Church
Chesterman
Valleyview Drive
Torough Recreation Board
Post Road
Ro- Police
John Flannerybert Marschhausen
Marshall Moody Jr
Janelle Richards
Johnson St
Judith Walls
Chester Hospital
Niether
Chester
William Penn
Raymond Holland
Jeffrey St. Chester
Springfield
Union and
Fallon Sts
Eo Holland
Central School
Sonia
Mate Bros
Prospect Park
Jlennis
Dhiah Orbant
Widow Lang Found Dead as School Registers Begin
A 75 year old woman, Mrs. Lang, was found dead in her Plumstead Avenue home. Police said no immediate cause or evidence of foul play was found. Registration for the swimming program will be Friday at Scenic Hills School from 1 to 4 p.m. for ages seven and up.
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Scenic Hills School
Red Cross
Lansdowne
Alice Beach Swim Club
Lang
FAA
Plumstead Ave
Joan Houston
W. Ealginners
Ole Road
Havertown
Houston
Andre Lesieur
Air Francce
Charles de Gaulle
Weather snapshot with temperatures and alerts
Forecast shows today high 85, tonight low 63, tomorrow high 85. Today in 24 hours high 80, low 65 and average 72 for Friday. Precipitation trace in 2 hours, monthly total 3.75, yearly 18.76. Sun rise 5 33 a m and set 8 43 p m. Tidal readings note high tides at 3 58 a m and 6 16 p m and low 12 21 p m and 12 55 p m.
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Chester Tidewater Terminal
Army
City
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Ft. Denver
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
City College area redevelopment hearing raises relocation concerns
Residents, homeowners and a 50-family group told the council the project could halt decay if redevelopment proceeds, while housing availability and moving compensation were debated. Attorneys warned about displacement and the city’s responsibility to provide suitable housing and referrals.
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Patience
Platker
Citizens Council
John Brian
Brian
Michael Lonergan
Walker & Murray Associates
Philadelphia
PMC
Lonergan
City Redevelopment Authority
Samuel M
Redevelopment Authority
Robert W. Hall
Hall
William Hoopes
Edmund Jones
M. C. Roberts
16Th St
James Lewinstein
Morton Lustig
Commission
Eyre
Walter Micka
Chester
Robber Byrne Sentenced in Pennsylvania Supermarket Theft
CHANNERBURG Pa AP John R Byrne 19 of Little Falls New Jersey received a 19 12 month term for the May 18 robbery of a supermarket on Route 36 near Channerburg.
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Channerburg, Pa
John R. Byrne
Little Walls
N.J
Here
Marple GOP Plans Benefit at Valley Forge Music Circus
The Republican Party of Marple schedules a benefit performance of Red Buttons in The Tender Trap at Valley Forge Music Circus on July 30. The meeting is set for Monday at 8 40 at the RPM headquarters in the Springton Shopping Center West Chester Pike and Sproul Road.
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Brcomall
Republican Party of
Marple
Springton
West Chester Pike
Sproul Road
RPM
Valley, Forge Music Circus
Pair faces court on car theft charge in Chester
Two men William Machmer and James Thompson were held on $1000 bail after a car theft incident in Chester. Police said Machmer attempted suicide with his shirt in custody after a 3 a.m. crash near 12th and Parker Streets. Authorities tracked them to the Fulton Street playground where officers arrested them at 4:20 a.m. The stolen vehicle originated from Atwood Bonner, and two parked cars at 606 W 18th Street and 1120 Parker Street sustained extensive damage.
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Chester
William SE
Machinerry
Ward
James Thompson
Black Price St
Anthony H. Smith
Machmer
Bart ‘Spedden
William ‘Bradley
12Th
Parker Sts
Thompson
Speddens
Bradley
Walter Hoyle
Richard Vincent
Fulton Street
Machmer Aud Thompson
Atwood Bonner
James W. Thomas
18Th St
Frank Leraai
Parker St
Obituaries from a Drexel Hill area paper
Obituaries list several local residents with ages and addresses, noting graves, church affiliations, and survivors. JOHN My DRAKE, 53, of 1214 Leiper Ave Eddystone, dies after brief illness. services at White's funeral home Chester. MARY A. CHURM, 81, of Havertown, dies at Fair Acres infirmary. survived by four daughters and a son. ELLA W. BEVAN, 77, of 8 Orange St Media, dies after brief illness. memorials at Media Presbyterian Church and Needlework Guild. TRESSA DAVIS, 61, wife of An dre Davis, of Boothwyn. dies at Delaware Hospital Wilmington. survivors listed. KAROLYN DAVIS and siblings noted. MARGARET VOSS, 78, dies at sister's home in Collingdale. widow of Ernest Voss. STEPHEN J. McKIWEN, county counsellor, dies. particulars of suit against county for indigent care. TRYPLEX Home Improvement Co. owner HARRY H. BARDSLEY, 34, of Drexel Hill dies. hospital bills and court suits over payment for indigent care noted. Burial details provided for each, with funeral homes and cemeteries listed.
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John My Drake
Albert ‘J. Grosser ‘Co
Taylor, Hospital
Leiper’ Ave
Eddystone
Mr. Drake
Chester
Anna Simcox
White’s Funeral Home
Std
Madison’. Sts
Middletown 'Presbyterian Church
Mary. A. Churm
Slump Lane
Havertown
Fair Acres Farm
Linig
Enoch Churm
Churm
England
Aldan
Drexel
Fill
Broad Street
Ivy Eberhardt
Elsie Nicolls J
Emmaus
Doris Hansen
Audubon
N.J
Harry
Overlook Heights
Ella W. Bevan
Orange St. Media
Baltimore
Crozer Hospital
Alnit Aves
Clifton Heights
Arlington
William H. Bevan
Bevan
Media Presbyterian Church
Media
Needlework Guild of America
Daugh Tressa Davis
Anfers
Russell Binder
Medrew
J. Davis Je, of 143 Peach Diz, Mrs. Charles Cook of West St
Boothwyn
del- Palm Beach
Fla
Elizabethaware Hospital
Wilmington
K. Bevan
William MH. Jr
Norwood
Sureil A
Claymont
Maurice
Andrew
Gwyn A
Hurst
Del
Mary Smith
Boothwyn and
Jirs
Kathryn Sommerville
Brookhalday
Williams
Rigby Fulven
Samuel Wilson Ner
4Th and
Jackson Sts
Odessa
Nina Reed
Elizabeth
Howl
Ionville
Beck
Gqdessa
Nata
Thie Davis
Middletown
Margaret Ostrich
Radnor
Daniels Funeral
Townsend
Townsend Cemetery
Margaret ©. Voss
Samuel G. Martin
Montgomery Ave
Collingdale
Ernest Voss
Delaware
Chester Hospital
Marvil Funeral Home
Main St
Darby
Stephen J. McKiwen
Arlington Cemetery
Harry H. Bardsley
T O Muabej
Institut Co
Delafion
Delafion District In A Nonprofit Organ-Ware County Memorial Hospital
Garrett Road
Drexel Hill
McEwen
Dorothy Graboyes
Elliott
Robert
Samuel Schwartz
Trving Hochman
Samuel
Joseph
Bardsley
Sun
Morris Rosenberg
Raphael Sacks
N. Broad St
Philadelphia
Edward H. P
Har
Rowe
Charles W. Rowe
Long Lane Court
Upper Darby
Fitzgerald
Mercy Hospital
Alan
John A
Wenonah
N. J
M. Angelina
THM
Camila Immaculata
Katherine C. Kaminsky
3Rd Ave
Lester
Sacred Heart Hospital
Isis
Joseph Kaminski
Stanley
Milford, Conn
Coatesville
Theodore
Michael
Genevieve Forter
George Adrien
Manoa
James Winniot
No License Means Jail and Obituaries Dominate Chester News
A Chester court sentenced John Johnson to six to twelve months in county jail for driving with a suspended license after a Nov arrest for failing to stop at 3rd and Welsh Streets. Judge Toal also fined Norman MacAskill for a bank driving charge following a May arrest near Rose and Madison Streets. The report lists multiple obituaries, detailing deaths of James Cryer, Elizabeth Rowe, Charles Evans, and others with service details and survivors.
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William R. Toal
John
Shorty
Johnson
Mar
Norman MacAskill
St. Providence Road
Nether Providence
Chester Poliger
Rose and
Madison Sts
Two Springfield Girls Injured In Morton Collision
Two Springfield teens were injured in a two car crash at Morton and Kedson Avenues shortly before 1 pm on Friday. Hirlen Walsh, 17, suffered a bruised left hip and received treatment at Taylor Hospital. Tree Crafty, 17, was treated for shock. Morton police had not released full details.
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Morton
Springfield
Morton and
Kedson Aves
Hirlen Walsh
Laner, Ave
Taylor Hospital
Ridley Park
T-ree Crafty
Schuyler
Mortlion Police
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Donald Stapleton
Ment
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Springfield School Board
Sabold Scenia Hills
Joseph M. Joseph
Camp Sunshine Board of Directors
Daily Times
Mary Ford Hann
Yee 'Enna
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Rein
Host
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Plains
New England
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North Pacific
Mississippi
James M. Cryer
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
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Cryer
Neighbors’ Club of
Lansew
Marion P
James Ir
Charles
Swarthnore
Richard
Moylith
Henry
Doyles
Own
William
New Hope
Johnston & Son Funers
Baltimore Ave
Ainsdowne
Allington Cemetery
Funeral
Charles V. Evans
Fomerly
McCready Hospital
Crisfield
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The
Superior Life Insurance Co
Violet
Mary-lee Chaskt
Ocean City
Sarah Seid
Natalie McKown
Norge
Georgias Lawson
Norman
Uinkson and
Congress Sts
Ronald Thompson
Congress Aay
Rithel SL
Sunny Ridge
Cris JL
Joseph D. Errico
Thomas St
Errico
United States
Bertua A. Singlesy
David Singley
Charles Coppens
Pulean Ave
Essington
Coppens
Maria Lowry
Anna Koldner
Folsom
Tta Bull
Bertha Harvey
New Jersey
Sadie VanRoon
David Jr
Cavanagh
Chester Pike
St. Clement's Church
Alice R. Long
David F. Long
Mary E. Reed
Embreeville State Hospital
Centerville
St. Daniel's Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Sterling
St. Daniel’s Methodist Church
St. and Edwards Sts
Greenlawn
Blair
Concord Road
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Scallan
Edgmont Ave
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