Thanksgiving Day in Delaware County Features Sun, Football and Services
A sunny Thanksgiving is forecast with temperatures in the 60s across the county. Dozens of churches plan annual services tonight or Thursday morning, with an interfaith union service at Chev Sho Jom Synagogue in Chester hosting First Baptist, St. Mary’s Ukrainian, and Trinity Methodist. Football games attract thousands. turkey dinners follow. Community service at 8 pm at Sun Center with Dr Ronald V Wells. Union service at 8 pm at Silbam Methodist Church.
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Thanksgiving Interchurch Union Services Across City
A string of interdenominational services planned for Thursday evening and tonight across Brookhaven area churches. Congregations including Brookhaven Faith Baptist Chester Baptist Temple Bible Presbyterian Nativity Lutheran First Church of Christ Scientist First Presbyterian Bethany Madison Street Providence Avenue Fifth United Presbyterian Feltonville Methodist coordinate community services and union gatherings culminating in a statewide Thanksgiving observance.
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Nativity Lutheran Church
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First Presbyterian Church
Bethany Baptist Church
Madison ‘Street’ Methodist Church
Providence Avenue Methdist Church
Fifth United Presbyterian Church
37-Point Ultimatum From Chester Civil Rights Group
A Chester rally led by CFEN demands equal representation and better deals for Negroes, with plans for block organizations and Harlem rent strike tactics. Leaders deny violence, urge self defense if attacked, and seek support from NAACP Philadelphia. Roughly 130 people attend, including Swarthmore College students.
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Daily Times Political Scene Changes
Inside Your Daily Times reports a sweeping shift across the political landscape. Irreversible realignments ripple through parties as Kennedy era dynamics redraw alliances and policy emphasis. The piece previews upcoming coverage on Kennedy’s Thanksgiving proclamation and related political developments.
Christmas Record Available
The Delaware County Daily Times offers a reader service with Our Christmas Heritage a 40 minute album of carols and a narrated story titled Twas the Night Before Christmas. Priced at $2 the record includes Silent Night O Come All Ye Faithful The First Noel Away in a Manger O Little Town of Bethlehem and We Three Kings. Stop at the Daily Times office 18 E 8th Street Chester or mail order. instructions appear on Page 8.
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Spelling Bee Booms In Marple Newtown
Marple Newtown students from sixth to eighth grade begin a county spelling bee drive with 1 080 practice books ordered. The county final on March 21 will use standard word sources and crown a winner who advances to the National Spelling Bee in Washington on June 16.
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Full Demands From Committee for Freedom Now Chester
The document outlines demands for Chester regarding fair employment and racial equality. Key goals include placing Negro workers in half of all city and county jobs, launching a rapid manpower retraining program, securing funds under the Area Redevelopment Act, speeding public works, creating an urban renewal plan with citizen input, enacting fair employment practices, and expanding medical care funding with increased Negro hiring in hospitals.
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Chester Housing and School Equality Demands
A local document calls for adequate housing for all Chester residents at reasonable rates, immediate removal or renovation of substandard homes, rent ceilings, and a fair housing ordinance. It also demands better school facilities, integrated faculties and classes, equal parent and student committees, a 26 pupil average class size, and repairs to existing school buildings.
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Integration Sought In Private Schools Chester
Stanley E. Branche of Committee For Freedom Now protests alleged school segregation in Philadelphia parochial schools St Anthony’s and Immaculate Heart. Archdiocese official says no segregated schools exist and explains St Anthony’s serves Italian immigrant heritage while Immaculate Heart is territorial with mostly Black students.
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Mrs Kennedy Visits Kennedy Grave for Third Time
Washington AP report on Jacqueline Kennedy visiting her husband John F. Kennedy’s grave at Arlington National Cemetery with daughter Caroline. They arrived after public hours, stayed about 10 minutes, then planned Thanksgiving at Cape Cod before moving to make way for President Johnson’s family in the White House.
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O Henry Christmas tale to run as illustrated strip
Delaware County Daily Times features O Henrys Gifts of the Magi in a 20 part illustrated story strip beginning Monday. The Christmas tale runs daily through Christmas Eve, supplying background on its creation and presenting the story in installments.
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Johnson to address nation on Thanksgiving Eve TV
President Johnson will speak in a 15 minute nationwide address at 6 15 p m Eastern Time on Thanksgiving Eve The White House called it a message to the people urging unity action and mutual understanding The speech emphasizes Kennedy assassination and calls for end to hate and violence and for Americans to unite in the wake of tragedy
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Johnson urges quick action on civil rights bill
President Johnson told the nation Kennedy ideals must be translated into action and urged early congressional passage of a new civil rights bill and a $1 billion tax cut. He said no memorial oration could honor Kennedy more than swift enactment of the civil rights measure and declared this no time for delay.
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