New Chester Y to rise near Delaware River bridge site
The Chester West Branch YMCA plans a larger three acre site with an Olympic pool handball court lounges chapel and locker rooms funded by a $800 000 campaign plus more than $300 000 from the port authority. Construction could finish by late 1970 with bids in October and a 1971 opening.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
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Sun Qit Co
Lampkin Village
Judges Visit Maryland Prison In Mock Correction Trial
Two Maryland Circuit Court judges attended a conference in Annapolis on crime and correction. To inspect conditions they were arrested and housed with 1,520 inmates at the Maryland House of Correction for a day. They criticized the lack of rehabilitation and vocational training.
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Maryland
Annapolis
National College of State Trial Judges
Jom
Israel’s sacred land: revival, memory, and shared ties
Readers recount a heartfelt Israel visit from the Negev to Jerusalem. They praise renewed cities and industry after centuries of exile, reflect on Jewish endurance, and note American influence and memorials like Yad Vashem, Kennedy and Truman forests. They end with a return to home among friends.
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Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Lind
Galilee
Jesus
Moses
Sinai
America
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Institute For Peace and Studies
Yad-Vashem
Decrease speed limit Pleas from Upper Chichester residents
A Lower speed limit appeal from Upper Chichester locals urges setting a slower limit on a road near the high school area ending at Concord Road. They cite dangers from truck traffic causing cracked windows and a near miss with a child, plus vehicle noise and dead animals. The letter requests action from road sign authorities.
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Chichester Avenue
Concord Road
Halfway There in Vietnam Partition Threat Discussed
In Washington amid Kennedy era war tensions, a coalition with the National Liberation Front could lead to a de facto partition of South Vietnam. Sanctuary for Viet Cong forces and Laos 1954 parallels suggest a defeat of America’s goal of full South Vietnamese independence. Ho Chi Minh remains a dominant factor, and partition could become reality if coalition forms.
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Midway
National Liberation Front
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NLF
Pathe Lao
Laos
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Red
Thieu
Ho’ Chi Minh
Korea
Which plan is inevitable in Vietnam confrontation
In the Vietnam debate the Nixon plan hinges on a staged withdrawal and Saigon strength, offering an election as an alternative while maintaining military balance. The Communist plan relies on continued pressure and political moves, with time on their side as talks stall. Each side proposes a path to a durable settlement amid uncertain outcomes and lasting casualties.
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Kenedy
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Hanoi
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Thieu
Thien
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United States
South Vietnam
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South
North
NLF
Time running out political progress key to peace
Nixon seeks to press South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu on a faster path to postwar stability. He wants a concrete political plan for a short timeline while warning that prolonged U.S. force risks warping South Vietnamese development and strengthens Communist rallying. Thieu’s cautious pace hampers Paris talks and U.S. troop withdrawal progress.
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South Vietnm
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Thien
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Thieu
Paris
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