Absent votes debate rages in state House amid press scrutiny
The piece analyzes Rep. Matthew Ryan defending the press while Rep. William DeWeese pushes to end absentee voting. DeWeese proposes voice-roll calls to record presence, threatening to lock electronic voting if not present. Ryan warns delays, urges caution, and blasts coverage as election-year politics.
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Ryan
William DeWeese
Dgreene
DeWeese
Fireworks ban urged after Delaware County seizure
Fire Marshal George Lewis highlights Pennsylvania law banning possession or sale of fireworks. County residents risk legal penalties and serious injury by buying fireworks from mail order firms or using them themselves. Officials urge leaving displays to licensed pyrotechnic experts for a safe Fourth of July.
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George Lewis
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End to child labor in mills urged fifty years ago
A 50 year old item notes calls to end child labor in Chester mills. The piece highlights Charles Emsley, a 16 year old from Chester, departing for Detroit to enter the National Airplane Model League of America Contest where he won the Delaware County title among twenty competitors.
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Charles Emsley
Chester
Detroit
Delaware County
Almanac highlights for June 28 1980 events births and history
Almanac notes this Saturday June 28 1980 the 180th day with a full moon and visible planets Venus Mercury Mars Jupiter and Saturn. Richard Rodgers was born on this date in 1902. Historical markers include Labor Day proclaimed in 1894, the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, a 1971 Supreme Court ruling on parochial funding, and 1972 Nixon drafter policy shift.
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Saturn
Richard Rodgers
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Vietnam
New South shows blacks losing ground in gains era
Julian Bond cites Southern Regional Council findings that over the past 30 years in the Sun Belt the economic status of black people has hardly improved and may have declined. The council says race remains a major limiter of opportunity across the South.
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New South
Jimmy Carter
Sun Belt
United States
Southern Regional Council
South
Black mayors and lawmakers ease stigma of the South
The report notes gains with black mayors in Atlanta Richmond and New Orleans and black congressmen in Memphis and Houston, while detailing persistent income gaps and unemployment. It cites mechanization, migration, and voter gains as masking enduring disparities, with Julian Bond writing for NPPA.
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Houston
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New South
South
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