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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
1
Vietnamese and American planes dropped more than 3,000 troops sixty miles north of Saigon in the war's largest airborne operation. Paratroopers two battalions. rest landed by helicopters as forests and plantations mark a contested zone. Reports say contact with Viet Cong was scant by midday.
Spanish American War veteran Marc Antony, 92, who kept about 14 000 dollars of his savings for the federal government, was found dead in his Miami trailer. He had advocated a King Andor bill restricting Social Security funds for medical care, while doctors urged Kerr Mills provisions to aid the aged.
Washington AC The U S Court of Appeals voided the contempt of court citation against Daily Worker editor James E Jackson who refused to testify before a grand jury on Communist party activities He was sentenced March 10 in federal court to up to six months in jail The unsigned order vacating the contempt citation followed a three judge panel hearing The government did not oppose the vacating motion Jacksons lawyers cited a similar Bart case where an appellate order vacated a contempt citation
The American Medical Association elected Dr Edward R Annis a Miami surgeon as its new president designating him to take office next June He is a Democrat and has led opposition to the Kennedy administration medical care plan for the aged The 142 to 83 vote over Dr Raymond McKeown marks a break with a four decade pattern of delegated leaders and Annis becomes AMA president amid televised opposition to the King Anderson bill long championed by the White House.
Hundreds of letters and telegrams poured into the Supreme Court after last Monday's ruling that official prayers in public schools are unconstitutional. The court will keep message contents secret, so the public cannot know who favored or opposed the decision.
In Detroit the newly formed United Lutheran Church elected Dr. Franklin Clark Fry president after a secret ballot. Fry heads the 2.5 million member German-heritage group and leads a merger uniting four Lutheran bodies totaling about 9.19 million adherents. He pledged unity and devotion.
Washington lawmakers move to clear fiscal 1962 items after approving the debt ceiling increase for fiscal 1963 and funding the government next month. The Senate sent Kennedy a bill to raise the debt limit to 308 billion, while a temporary spending measure allows agencies to operate at current rates through July. A Korean War tax extension and ticket tax reductions also became law. The Senate plans to extend the renegotiation act, facing potential House clashes over amendments.
In New York five major aluminum companies sign two year labor agreements with the United Steelworkers covering 20 000 members effective Aug 1. No wage increase but improvements in vacations pensions and unemployment benefits are included.
In Constantine Algeria a city described as dying by a young nationalist official, unfinished 16 story apartments stand idle as European and Jewish residents flee. Most remaining Europeans face prospects of leaving for France or living under a Muslim state, with fewer than 8,000 Europeans left and Jews under 1,000. The looming amendment could force religious conversion and shuttered synagogues as Constantine becomes a Moslem ghetto.
Former disc jockey John Henry Faulk wins 3.5 million in libel damages from Aware Inc Vincent Hartnett and Laur ence A Johnson estate over a 1936 bulletin accusing him of pro Communist sympathies The award includes 1 million in compensatory damages shared by all three defendants and 1.25 million punitive damages from Aware and Hartnett. Johnson’s death during the trial did not bar the verdict upheld on appeal.
Pittsburgh AP reports the Regional Industrial Development Corp of Southwestern Pennsylvania wins approval to create an 11 million industrial development fund. Banks savings and loan associations insurance companies and area businesses will supply the capital via a 1 million stock sale for use in Allegheny Westmoreland Beaver Armstrong Butler Fayette Greene Lawrence and Washington counties.
A federal grand jury charged eight firms and eleven individuals with conspiring to inflate prices and allocate business for school supplies across six states including Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Virginia The case involves notebooks pencils ink chalk erasers and other items with more than 15 million dollars in annual business The action also spurred civil anti trust suits against several co conspirators and corporate defendants identified by name.
Dennis Yankovitch a 16 year old drowned Thursday night in the Sehuyfill River where he and three companions had gone swimming in Pottstown Pennsylvania AP reports.
Pennsylvania's taxable real estate rose 2 percent in 1961 to 45.13 million, with 64 counties showing increased market values. Cambria, Carbon, and Greene counties posted net declines, notably Cambria down 26.2 million. Johnstown and Franklin borough drove most losses. Market values determine state subsidies to local school districts, with 1,588 districts rising under 5 percent, 376 up 5–10 percent, and 97 over 10 percent. 124 districts declined. The 1961 values will guide 1962–63 subsidies with payments in 1961–64.
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