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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1981
Page
6
Pennsylvania lawmakers face criticism as overregulation hits taverns hard. Critics say 40 percent food sales for Sunday licenses is foolish and unfair, bans on sales during voting hours cost millions, and 2 a.m. closures ignore modern schedules. Owners urge reforms to ease economic strain.
Seven decades of local vignettes recap recent history from Chester including a spring display by forty gypsies with twenty five horses on 3rd and 5th Streets. Legislative moves in Harrisburg seek tax relief for Delaware County machinery for schools. Other brief notes praise milkman E R Ward, a horse race near Upland Street, and a gun club win by George R. Reynolds with 22 breaks.
UPI almanac for March 12 1981 notes historical events including the 1912 Girl Scout troop formation in Savannah Ga the 1933 Fireside Chat inaugural address by FDR the 1938 German invasion of Austria and the 1963 vote to grant Winston Churchill honorary US citizenship plus a Pisces birthday list and brief astrology.
New York faces drought risks as 560 wells operate in the five boroughs including Manhattan. Authorities warn drilling is costly, complex, and risky due to subways, tunnels, and sewers. Experts say nationwide drilling climbs. prices run about 10 to 12 dollars per foot with an average around 2200 dollars.
The Rubber Band Capital of the World reports 25 million pounds sold annually in the United States at about $1 per pound, totaling roughly 100 billion bands. The piece extols the humble rubber band as versatile and resilient, a simple tool that holds, secures, and stabilizes in everyday tasks.
A reflective piece on rubber bands linking present and past through memories. It notes playful office rituals, the band’s expanding uses, and the scent of office life. The red band holds old family letters, hinting at nostalgia and the quiet tension of stretched memory.
The Majority Leader defends House Bill 363 against speedy passage and procedural questions while detailing a new bill that preserves core reform provisions. The letter urges focus on policy, adds a three year tax incentive, strengthens welfare fraud protections, and notes four other changes before the measure moves to the House Health and Welfare Committee.
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