Mail Runs Against Gun Curbs
The article notes a surge of mail opposing stricter gun controls after Kennedy's assassination while hearings begin on registration and licensing proposals. Attorney General Ramsey Clark supports federal registration and licensing. NRA opposition influences many writers, with some framing registration as confiscation. Eastland reports receiving 20,670 telegrams opposing new firearms laws.
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Washington
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Johnson
Strong Tide
Associated Press
Kennedy
Charlotteseville
William B. Spong Jr
D-Va
Tydings
Senate Judiciary Committee
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
National Rifle Association
NRA
America
Texas
Senate Judiciary
James O. Eastland
D- Miss
Eastland
Superior Daley Named Religious Superior of Augustinians
Father ward L. Daley 45, named head of the Augustinian Order Province of St. Thomas of Villanova. He will lead about 500 priests and brothers guiding more than 50 parishes across 15 dioceses, plus Villanova University and related colleges and high schools with roughly 60,000 students. Daley, from Mechanicville, entered the priesthood in 195?. The order received Papal authority in 1256.
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Father Daley
Augustinian Order
St. Thomas of Villanova
United States
Villanova University
James G. Sherman
Mechanicville
N.Y
Land Price Contested in School District Purchase
Claymont landowners Marion Rentz and Earnest Vail sue over a New Castle County decision to sell 14 acres to the school district at the board set price. They claim $16 500 per acre versus the district’s $10 100. The land off Harvey Road in Radnor Green would host a new elementary school the district’s fourth.
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Claymont
New Castle
Marion Rentz
Earnest Vail
Delaware Superior Court
Harvey Road
Radnor Green
Rusk Arrives in Bonn as Boost To West Against Red Pressure
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived in Bonn for four hours as NATO ministers met in Berlin. Accompanied by Willy Brandt, he urged quick German signature on a new U S Soviet treaty to curb nuclear proliferation while Berlin’s status and East German travel rules remained under Western discussion.
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Rusk
Bonn
Germany
U.S
West
Dean
Kurt Georg
Kiesinger
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Washington
Iceland
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
East- Germany
West Berlin
Johnson
Moscow
Correction on summer trash collection schedule notice
The Tuesday report misstated the change. Only next week's shift is affected by the July 4 holiday. Trash will be collected Monday and Wednesday in the 1st Ward and south side of Seneca Street in the 3rd Ward. the rest of the township follows the usual schedule on Tuesday and Thursday.
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Tinicom
Daily Times
Seneca Street
Sendoff Ceremony Honors 25 Draftees
In Chester a sendoff for 25 draftees drew about 300 attendees. Speakers included John W. Brown State Sen Clarence D Bell and Rabbi Louis Kaplan. The Chester City Band played as plaques were given to Bonnie Strang and a Ridley school band director for supporting Project Sendoff.
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Philadelphia
John W. Brown
The
Chester Veterans Council
Clarence D. Bell
R-th
Upland
Louis Kaplan
Ohev
Shalom Synagogue
Chester City Band
Bonnie Strang
Ridley South Junior High School
Smedley Junioriig School
Harrisburg approves large general appropriation for Cheyney State College
The $141 billion general appropriation bill moves to Gov. Shafer with a $720,000 Cheyney State College package in place. A group of minority Democrats tried to cut $24 million but the measure passed the Senate and House, funding Penn State University, Pitt, Temple, and other colleges in varied allocations.
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Harrisburg
Cheyney State College
Raymond Shafer
General
Assembly
Senate
House
Cheyney
Enipon
Pennsylvania Stay University
University of Pittsburgh
Temple University
Jefferson
Medical College
House Democrats
Hahnemann Medical College
Democrats
Aes
Logue Elected To Democratic State Executive Committee
John J. Logue of 620 Yale Ave Swarthmore was elected Tuesday night to a two year term on the Democratic State Executive Committee. Logue, a political science professor at Villanova University, succeeds Lew Agnew Campbell of Chester on the committee which also seats members on the state policy committee.
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John J. Logue
Yale Ave
Swarthmore
Logue
Villanova University
Lew Agnew
Aggie
Rockefeller Gains Support as Kennedy Slips and Reagan Vies
New York Governor Rockefeller says support is shifting from Kennedy while keeping the Reagan ticket idea alive. He plans a Colorado North Dakota and Iowa swing to court delegates, with Humphrey leading Indiana’s delegate count and McCarthy Branigin Kennedy also active in the race. Reagan denies interest in the vice presidency and expects an open convention.
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Associated Press
New York
Nelson A. ‘Rockefeller
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Ronald Reagan
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Albany
Rockefeller-Reagan
Colorado
North Dakota
Iowa
Denver
Humphrey
Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger D. Branigin
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
Reagan
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dem Group Reactivates in Swarthmore for McCarthy Delegates
The Concerned Democrats of the 7th District revived activity in Swarthmore drawing petitions to back U S Senator Eugene J McCarthy for the Democratic National Convention. About thirty members met at Daniel Goldwater's home with John Flounders named new group chairman and John Hornold chosen as a convention delegate.
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Swarthmore
U.S
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Johnson-Humphrey
Daniel Goldwater
Rutgers Ave
Swarthmore Borough
Democratic Committee
John Flounders
Maple Ave
Lansdowne
John *Hornold
University of Pennsylvania
State Funds Approved for Delaware County Institutions
The State senate approved an appropriations bill allocating funds to charitable institutions in Delaware County. Williamson Trade School in Middletown receives 38000, Elwyn Institute in Middletown 2252250, Glen Mills School in Thornbury 625450, Sleighton Farms School in Middletown 632150, plus operating grants for community colleges and capital grants totaling substantial sums. The bill moves to the House for approval.
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Harrisburg
State Senate
Delaware County
Williamson Trade School
Middletown
Elwyn Institute
Glen Mills
Thornbury
Sleighton Farms
Weather snapshot across counties and cities with varied conditions
A compact weather rundown lists multiple cities with current and expected conditions. It notes highs and lows for today and tonight, plus 24 hour precipitation and tide details where available, covering Atlanta Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Omaha Phoenix Pittsburgh Richmond St Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington Winnipeg and more.
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Atlanta
Bismarck
Cleui
Buffalo
Chicago
Chester
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
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Miami
Milwaukee
Mpls-St.p
St. Louis
Salt Sk. City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
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Radnor
Edward L. Daley
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Robert R. Gilrith
Manned‘ Spacecraft Center
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Tex
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Shafer
Rocky
Dem
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