Chester Faces a New Life Through Local Leadership
An editorial lauds the Greater Chester Movement formed to unite diverse local efforts and mobilize grass roots leadership. Dr. Clarence Moll, PMG president, chairs the steering committee, urging coordinated action to convert assets into tangible progress for Chester, including schools, churches, health services, and upcoming highway projects. The piece urges full support for Moll and the movement to realize a stronger city.
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New Haven
Hartford
Wilkes Barre
Scranton
Clarence Moll
Pennsylvaia Military College
Greater Chester
GCM
Chester
Moll
Dr. Moll
PMG
PMC
GI Bill anniversary highlights vast postwar gains
A retrospective marks the GI Bill of Rights signed 20 years ago by President Roosevelt Ponder noting it spurred home construction, higher education for nearly 2.2 million ex-GIs, and extensive job training. It lists veterans molded into engineers doctors teachers scientists lawyers and more, framing the bill as a catalyst for national growth and tax revenue.
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Roosevelt
United States
Veterans Administration
Equal Representation Urged As Court Upholds One Person One Vote
In a letter to the editor, the writer cites recent U S Supreme Court rulings mandating equal population districts in state legislatures and Congress. The author criticizes Pennsylvania officials for not immediate adherence and urges swift action to guarantee one person one vote, highlighting Delaware County. Names and addresses are requested for publication.
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Supreme Court of the United States
States of the Union
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Warren
U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
Mississippi Renominates Stennis Amid Civil Rights Tension
In Mississippi on June 2, Democratic voters renominated Sen. John Stennis for a new U S Senate term, defeating Victoria Jackson Gray 173774 to 4703. The race contrasted with Mississippi's violent past as the Johnson administration seeks to calm tensions and manage an influx of roughly 1000 students aiding voting rights while warning of possible white vigilante resistance.
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Victoria Jackson Gray
Sen. Stennis
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Oxford
Johnson
Paul B. Johnson
United States
Fishermen Tell of Shark Haul 13 Years Ago
A Times report recalls a Delaware County party visiting a Cape May pier who hauled in several large sharks. The piece sits among notes on June butter prices, a Fourth of July pole contest for Chester’s children, and Media High School commencement with Joseph Thomson presiding and Miss E J Brewster absent due to her mother's death. References to a No 2 mill pump and to 10 years ago obituary of Thomas J Entwisle appear, along with a 25 years ago verdict in Lower Chichester Township for a policeman and a justice of the peace accused of shaking down motorists.
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Chester
Media High School
Court House
Joseph Thomson
Media School Board
E. J. Brewster
Montrose
Thomas J. Entwisle
East Twenty-Third Street
Fronefield
Lower
Chichester Township
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