Cost of living declines in Philadelphia area study
Delaware County housewives may doubt the report but the U S Labor Department said consumer prices fell last month in the Philadelphia area marking the first drop in three years. The small one tenth of one percent decline stemmed from cheaper foods clothing and private transportation. National index May 127 5 meaning 12 75 dollars buy the same goods as 10 dollars in 1957 59 base. Still larger increases are anticipated in coming months.
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Delaware County
U.S. Labor Department
Philadelphia
Labor Department
Trumans Celebrate Golden Anniversary at First Presbyterian
A young Harry Truman first met Bess Wallace at Independence Missouri's First Presbyterian Church and their union began after World War I. The couple shared church and school ties and married on June 28 1919. They became a devoted White House couple celebrated worldwide.
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First Presbyterian Church
Independence
Harry Truman
Bess Wallace
Trumans
Truman
White House
The Church Faces a Crisis as Clergy Lose Patience with Authority
The piece argues that seminaries shrink as young people doubt church authority and seek secular careers. It notes clergy increasingly combine ministry with secular work while churches fund new outposts via national boards. Bonhoeffer is cited on church service to humanity. The tone stresses disruption yet faith continuing to flow.
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Hitler
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Forced retirement is unfair to aging artists and scholars
A letter argues against mandatory retirement at 65, contending that age should not bar talent in arts and sciences. It cites Kant, Tintoretto, Verdi, Lamarck, Goethe, and Titian as examples of achievement past typical retirement ages, urging meritocracy and peer judgment over blanket age rules.
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Goethe
Wade House Day Care Center Seized by Dissidents in Chester
Readers urge return of the Robert Wade Neighborhood House and Day Care Center to its board after staff ejection by dissenters. Community notes the center's interracial history and calls for restoration and lawful ownership to continue serving children.
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Society of Friends
Robert Wade
Community Fund
Chester
Destruction by Law Threatens Swarthmore Schools
Letter from Swarthmore residents led by MR and MRS ROGER SISSON argues the Swarthmore-Rutledge School Board appeals to block a forced merger with Nether Providence. They warn consolidation would erase school spirit and dress-code differences and threaten student rights, urging responsive community input.
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Swarthmore-Rutledge School Board
Delaware County
Nether Providence
Swarthmore High School
Nether Providence High School
Delaware County Daily Times
Swarthmore
Roger Sisson
Park Ave
Personal responsibility urged by John Birch Society leaders
An open letter defends John Birch Society as a group favoring limited government and personal responsibility. It attacks media bias, cites disputes over sex education petitions in Chichester and a Linwood film showing, and accuses press of ignoring or misreporting facts.
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John Birch Society
KKK
Minutemen
Daily Times
Seicus
Linwood Firehouse
Linwood
Marcus Hook
Dedicated residents halt dumping at Folcroft landfill
Expressions of gratitude to Darby Township residents for stopping human waste dumping on Folcroft Landfill Corp lands, noting the public health gains for Delaware and Philadelphia counties and nearby New Jersey areas. The author highlights the sacrifices and calls for recognition of the effort saving many lives.
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Darby Township
Delaware County
Folcroft Landfill Corp
Philadelphia County
New Jersey
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Delaware Daily
Young Shun Ministry
Rev
David Poling
Christian Herald Association
Kant
Tintoretto
Pararlise
Verdi
Lamarck
Central States Publishing, Inc
Ronald A. Hedley
The
Sydney
Harris
Wade
the Times
Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction
NEA, i
Lite
John Birchers
South
Delaware
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