Widener Students Build Electric Car From Fiat
Five Widener University students convert a 1972 Fiat into an electric car powered by 17 batteries and a 22 horsepower motor. The craft reaches up to 55 mph and can cover about 50 miles per charge, with plans for a self charging generator. Cost totaled around 2500 dollars. The piece contrasts with Detroit’s big automakers and hints at broader industry impact.
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Daily Times
Widener University
Fiat
Widener
General Motors
Ford
American Motors
Chrysler
Detroit
Five Cent Fares Promised for Philadelphia Street Cars
A century ago Philadelphia street cars were promised five cent fares this spring aiding county visitors. A tiny 29 inch schooner yacht named Annie Laurie, built by William Gilston of Roach's Shipyard Chester, will soon be christened after painting by Alex King. He plans to sail it on the river when weather warms. The Western Union Telegraph Co. moves to 817 Market Street in Chester.
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Philadelphia
William Gilston
Roach’s
Chester
Alex King
Annie Laurie
Gilston
Western Union Telegraph Company
D. P. Paiste Hardware
Market Street
Almanac Entry Marks March 10 1981 And Historic Dates
Almanac notes today Tuesday March 10 1981 day 69 of year 296 to follow. Historical entries recall 1862 first American paper money issued by U S Treasury in various denominations. 1945 B 29 raids begin in Japan. 1964 Queen Elizabeth II bears Prince Edward fourth child. 1969 James Earl Ray pleads guilty to MLK murder and receives 99 year sentence.
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Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
U.S. Treasury
U.S. Army Air Force
Japan
Elizabeth II
Prince Edward
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Camp Oxmead Nightmares and Secret Guarded Tales
An old summer camp tale recaps Penn funded Camp Oxmead in Bar NJ where city kids endured bizarre psychological experiments and a fearsome bedtime legend. Crazy Leon ruled a barn hostel connected to postwar surplus gear while counselors staged pranks and terror tales to keep youngsters in line.
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Maine
Vermont
Canada
Oxmead
University of Pennsylvania
Bar N.J. Penn
Philly
Crazy Leon
Leon
Mike Arnold
South Philly
Penn
Camp Oxmead Taught Fear and Fables to Delaware County Writer
Sam Alfonsi recalls a youth camp on Oxmead road where bold leaders used fear to discipline campers. He describes a barn setting with a dramatic legend of Mike Arnold and a mix of harsh lessons, from cold water to isolation in a loft, shaping his memories in a Grapes of Wrath like landscape.
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Samuels
Oxmead
Sam Alfonsi
Delaware County
Truck Stop Operators Defend Image as Community Pillars
Ron Ziegler leading the National Association of Truck Stop Operators calls truck stops essential to communities and states. The piece notes public scrutiny of ex presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, mentions Charter Company hiring Ford for international relations and a 26 day tour, and touches on CETA job retraining for the Carter era unemployed.
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Christian Science Monitor
Ron Ziegler
Richard Nixon
Ziegler
National Association of
Eurouratet
Ron
Gerald Ford
Charter Company
Billy Carter
Libya
United States
France
West Germany
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Indonesia
China
Japan
Charity Company
CETA
Carter
Class of ’80 memoir boom hits Washington insiders
The piece notes Carter aides and political staff turning to high profile agents and Hollywood deals for memoirs and docudramas. It highlights Marvin Josephson Swiftly Lazar Jody Powell and Hamilton Jordan signing deals, and contrasts this with lack of prospects for ordinary workers and the university elite.
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Carter
Plains
Marvin Josephson
Henry Kissinger
White House
West
Irving
Lazar
Nixon
Hollywood
Department of Agriculture
Harvard Business School
Harry Truman
Space Budget Cuts Endanger NASA Shuttle Funding
Letter criticizes Reagan 1982 NASA budget proposals saying shuttle funding is protected while basic research and planetary programs face heavy cuts up to half a billion dollars. Warns of stagnation in U.S. space leadership, cites Soviet Lunar/space station plans and Japan’s unmanned Halley mission. Calls readers to pressure officials to protect space exploration funding.
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The
Times
NASA
Space
Reagan
United States
Japan
U.S
Sputnik
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Thomas Kirk
Newtown Square
S. Crozer Robinson
Upland
Charles R
Uncle Charlie) Sweeney
Delaware County Trust Co
John Rodenbaugh
Ellwood Taylor
Chester Township
George Godfrey
Leiperville
Joe Grandovich
Newark
N. 1
Henry G. Sweney
John J. DeMarco
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Milton Clark
Upper Providence Township
Media Junior High School
Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali
New York
Madison Square Garden
Donald J. Swanson
John H. Nacrelli
Arden G. Skidmore
Almanac
NEA
Inv
Yanks
Red Cross
Melvin Maddocks
Soviet Union
Soviets
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