Delco readers push for public golf land and school upgrades
Letters from Albert M. Bradley urge a Delaware County public golf course with petitions in industry. Carl Galantino protests the Prevailing Wage Act while Dr. Kassab cites overseas opinions. Sheriff Price lauds Chester parking rules. Palmetto Florida’s rear parking example cited. Nether Providence voices demand for Nether Providence plants gym or auditorium at Garden City Elementary.
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Delaware County
Daily Times
Albert M. Bradley
Conchester Rd
Bethel Ave
Boothwyn
Bradley
Galfers
Little Red
Carl Galantino
Suburban Contractors Association
State Department of Labor and Industry
Chester
Delco
Palmetto
Gulf
Florida
William McBride
Nether Providence
R. McElwee
Pennsylvania Ave
Garden City
Summit School
Is JFK Really Anti Business and Its Economic Impact
A columnist argues the Kennedy era appears anti business in steel policy and regulatory actions, noting public belief affects investment, stock markets, and growth. It warns government overreach harms supply and demand, risks recession, and endangers jobs without practical experience in running payrolls or markets.
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United States
Kennedy Advisors and the President’s Control Dilemma
Washington commentary argues the Kennedys act as de facto co presidents. It praises George Ball Jerome Wiesner and Robert Kennedy while noting the president often defers to advisers. It questions Kennedy staff claims about Teddy Kennedy running for the Webster seat amid internal doubts.
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Robert
George Ball
Ball
Jerome B. Wiesner
Heller
Dillon
Kennedy
Kennedy Brothers
Schlesinger
Galbraith
Eisenhower
Herald Tribune
Teddy Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Daniel Webster
Safari reflections from Port Eugenia Mozambique and Africa
Roaring camp memories by Robert Ruark recount life in Portuguese East Africa. He describes hippos Save River and a sleeping crocodile while savoring liver from nyala, chilled wine, and a kerosene fridge. He praises the region for conservation and notes kudu and sable hunting, with vivid portraits of a sable bull and surrounding wildlife.
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Mozambique
Save River
Mozambique Bush Life and Lively Big Game
A travelogue style note describes Cape buffalo, bushbuck, nyala and other antelopes found in Mozambique. It praises the buffalo as stubborn and vindictive when wounded, notes the elusive bushbuck, the impressive nyala, and mentions lions cheetahs and waterbuck as part of daily bush sightings.
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Mozambique
Impala and Horned Antelope in African Reserve Change
The River Save area, a protected region for twelve years, has been opened to hunting under veteran African stewards and a receptive Portuguese government. With game dwindling elsewhere, a concerted effort aims to preserve the species for future hunting and for visual enjoyment in forests and on golden plains.
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Gamit
Shari Lewis Keeps Focus While Expecting a Twist in Career
Earl Wilson profiles Shari Lewis in her West Riverside Drive home as she plans TV work while pregnant. The piece highlights her reluctance to drink, public image as a late bloomer on NBC Saturday mornings, and humorous anecdotes about wardrobe stunts and a shift toward fiction in her career.
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Riverside Drive
Yacht Basin
Hudson
Shari
Plans Drawn for New Packing House 50 Years Ago
County activity centers on small projects with Chester seeing moves like a three story packing house planned by John J. Buckley Company. Swift to build a meal depot on East 2nd Street and tuberculosis talks by Charles A. Kurtzhalz feature in county WPA gatherings.
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Chester
John J. Buckley Company
Swift
East 2Nd St
Kurtzhalz
WPA
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Waden Kassab
Hinkson
Wallingford
Damascus
Syria
Credit Chester
W. Alvich Price
Houston
Price
Medicare
Nikita
Gop
Sen
Barry Goldwater
JFK
Barry
Goldwater
Robert Spivack
Washington
F&o
King
Yale
New York Herald
White House
Kennedys
Spivack
Robert Ruark
India
Hemingway
Roark
Earl Wilson
Shari Lewis
Richard Burton
Judy Garland
Marilyn Monroe
Elizabeth ‘Paytor
Peter Lawford
Jack Benny
Charles A. Kurtzhalz
Delaware County Tuberculosis Association
Bill Jacono
Chester Park
Chester Recreation Board
Chester Elks Band
Thomas G. Lesson
California
Jack
Jackie Kannon
Wish PD
Pat Breckir
Earl
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