Stop Lights Require Coordination Near Scott Paper Office
Traffic jams stretch two miles south of Philadelphia International Airport due to new stop lights at Scott Paper access roads. Recommend improved coordination between the Highway Department and the plant, or traffic controls such as a watchman during peak periods, or using a single access road. A traffic study should determine the best solution.
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Philadelphia International Airport
Scott Paper Co
Highway Department
Scott Paper
Tion
Religion and the Aged in Delco: church roles and needs
Special Times correspondence notes the long aid tradition of religious groups for the elderly. A Delaware County committee examined current efforts and gaps, stressing spiritual growth and social aspects tied to aging. It highlights church participation challenges for seniors in institutions.
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Martha L. Levering
Pennsylvania
White House
Delaware County
Telasion
Churches Keep Close to Aged in Delaware County
In Delaware County churches sponsor several aging homes including Wayne Hall and the Presbyterian Home in Rosemont, with others in Moylan and Darby. Catholic, Lutheran, and other facilities serve elderly members, while hospitals add chapels and visiting clergy. Volunteers aid visits, transport, and Golden Age activities.
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Delaware County
Wayne Hall
Presbyterian
Rosemont
Harned
Moylan
Society of Friends
Villa St. Joseph
Darby
Broomall Convalescent Home
Bethesda Home
Media
St. Francis Country House
Little Flower Institute
Fairacres Farm
Tyre
Salvation Army
Sacred Heart
Chester
Fitzgerald Mercy
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Chester Hospi
Tal
Olen
Upe
Commencement Reflections From an Unsung Educator
William C. Capriotti reflects on twenty five years of teaching in Delaware County during a late commencement. He questions his impact on 23 to 28 graduates and ponders whether students chose paths of law medicine crime philanthropy or art. The piece blends personal doubt with memories of Pomp and Circumstance.
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Delaware County
Newman
Tim
William C. Capriotti
Creshan Ave
Swarthmore
Chester School Board approves substantial salary increases
Addison H Showalter and administrative staff receive raises at the Chester School Board meeting held at the Larkin building. Showalter gains 500 to 7300, Charles D Long up 306 to 6000, with smaller bumps for Lyons, H60 secretary, Archie Levy solicitor to 3400, Elizabeth Derrickson assistant secretary to 2610, and Stetser elected Chester Teachers Association president for the coming year. Also listed are Violet Ferry, Agnes Call, Ella Rennie, and J YoTher Graber in officer roles. Mayor Johnson issues Fourth of July proclamation urging safer celebration away from dangerous firearms and explosives.
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Addison H. Showalter
Chester
Larkin
Showalter
Charles D. Long
Thomas J. Lyons
Archie Levy
Elizabeth M. Derrickson
Margaret ¢. Stetser
Smedley Junior High
Chester Teachers’ Association
Clude
Violet R. Ferry
Dewey School
Agnes C. Call
Smedley Junior High School
Ella N. Rennie
Chester High School
J. Yother Graber
Franklin Grammer School
Johnson
House
Kennedy
Charles Halleck
R-Ind
GOP
Halleck
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
John McCormack
D-Mass
Rayburn
House Rules Committee
Modern Highways Follow Old Trails in U S History
Washington feature traces travel routes from buffalo traces and Indian trails to modern interstates. It notes trails like the Wilderness Road and Santa Fe Trail shaping U S expansion, with eras from pack paths to the National Pike and the rise of railroads before the automobile revived historic highways.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
U.S. 1
Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboard
Daniel Boone
Cumberland Gap
Middleshare
Kentucky
Cumberland
Ohio River
Wheeling
Ohio
Yaois
Franklin
Missouri
Santa Fe
United States
Mexico
Mexico City
San Deigo
California
San Diego
San Francisco
Independence
Plains
Rockies
Astoria
Oregon
Butterfield
St. Louis
Nauvoo
Salt Lake City
Pony Express
Overland State
Te First Continental Telegraph
Pioneer
America
Untapped Senior Market Promises Big Business in 65 Plus Era
Sylvia Porter highlights a vast, growing market of Americans 65 and older, now 17 million and rising rapidly. She cites research from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and notes older women comprise a large share of this group. The piece outlines distinct shopping, housing, diet, clothing, and recreation needs, urging businesses to tailor products and services for seniors.
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Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
U.S
Philadelphia Reserve Bank
Robert F. Dodge
University of
Orean
FCC mulls long distance rate cuts for AT&T
The FCC plans to reduce AT&T long distance rates by about 1 to 10 percent per call, aiming for an annual saving of roughly 73 to 147 million dollars. Minow convenes July hearings and a July 10 meeting with telephone executives to decide if negotiations or hearings will set the rates.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Commission
FCC
Newton N. Minow
Minow
At&t
Celler Plan
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
ATRI
Celler
ATS ‘I
Western Electrica
Western Electric
You Cannot Put Samburu In Pants Or Stop Roving
A veteran observer critiques Adlai Stevenson and liberal aid efforts toward uncontacted African communities. He argues the Samburu, Malo, and other tribes thrive on nomadic, subsistence living and would suffer under forced modernization or relocation, warning against cultural arrogance and misapplied development schemes.
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Mr. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sanseveria
Kenya
Broad
Particwar
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Daily Times, Inc
Th &T
John E, Tompkins
OFCS
Aes Keng
ER Reluor
the Times
New York State
Sylvia Porter
Allen-Scott
By Robert S. Allen and
Paul Scott
Robert C. Ruark
Africa
Justice Douglas
Adlai Stevenson
Peace Corps
Molo
Samburu
Rendille
Borran
Turkana
Suk
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