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Scrantonian Tribune from Scranton, Pennsylvania • 5

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ft fn.t SJT 4 rrf 4 I fc, v. .1 I 1 6. f. Jul. 9, 1972 The 5rrantonIn HARRISBURG REPORT ATTORNEY JOI BIDEN WILL RUN IN DELAWARE i Love-Hate Relationship Between State, Capital (Ex-ifty Rdan Ds Bemnociraftic CamidSdlate for dJ.S.

Semafe the sanitary system In Mexico (Special ta The Serantonlan Tha Commonwealth ia the invited guet bringing a bottle of Chateu Haut-Brion 65 to dinner, and then wiping ht muddy bntxs on tha beat linen. Aa tha man who came to and shouldn't pay taxes gated to do. Traffic tie-ups causa of breakdown on bridge leading Into th city are so common ae to be a way of life during peak travel hours, and a system of removing th obstacle to permit a better flow of car la a atai responsibility. For It part, Harrisburg hts long Jealously guarded its status as a Capitol City and fought to hold aa many government offices her as possible, even when th action leads to more coogeitlon. Th Greater Harrleburg Area la a designation given when people speak of th prosperity in and around tha capitol.

Th sam could apply to government. Th location of th Agriculture Building on the northern fringes of th city demonstrate that state government can operate outside, th eight of th capitol dome. But Harrisburg haa a thing for thia man who brings tha win and th muddy boots. She lovei him and thinks sha cant live without him, never that ha may need her aa much aa ah needs him. ner In Harrisburg, the Common-! wou! rJted outright were of the 1 dvncd by any major prl- wealth talks endlessly Jehn 1.

Scott Jr. graduate vlH emp)oy. Imigin, Sun wine, while declining to become ship or Bell or Westinghouse or involved la tha matter of thePPAL or U.S. Steel on a tax linen. ifree basis because of high em- llarrlshurg, of course, as the ptoyment in a city stats capital has had this in- Proportionately speaking, the credible love-hata relationship wrth tha commonwealth for detU, wfU adee; but the capital ity ia J1 ln rural Institution only the microcosm of tha.prob-communltle with prisons snd lent.

(hospitals then it does In Hsrrls- For to long her the focus burg. lthough th ssm people has been on payment in lieu offcongestion is not visited upon taxes, to make up for the tens of those areas. period millions of dollars worth of The post-flood period here By TOM PHILLIPS CUy Editor, TH Tiibuno-Scrinlonloo DOVER, Dot. la (hit capital crty of the Stota of Delaware tha jTVornorratlC Party haa le looted a Scranton native aa IU candidate U.S. Senator.

It wa on a tunny afternoon, ljuna 21, that tha Democratic delegitea fathered to name their at ate ticket. It waa warm inaid and outalda, but when all tthe shouting died down and their "Candidal chosen, Joa Biden Seaa tha unanimoua cholca for S. Senata. WMi band playing and hun-dreda of delegate, friends and irelatives applauding Joa Biden, firat aw tha light of day in jtha Friendly City, atrode to the front of hs platform and aaid: I dont wan to keep you In uspente much longer, eo Ill let you In on a secret; I accept thia am (nation. i And thua, he ataried hla campaign that could place him In a plueh and comfortable aeat In United Statee Senas next Janurary, hould victory mark a long Uet of accomplishment that i on the record of thle 29-year-old lawyer.

Two yeara ego he shocked he comfortably entrenched Republican Party of Wilmington and Kj tnvirona by being elected th youngest county councilman of New Caitie County. Biden haa been a realdent of Wilmington for 20 yeara. Tha first nine year of hla life were apent In Scranton. Biden I the non of Joseph and Jean Finnegan Biden, wh resided at 2446 N. Washington Ave.

Hla mother fa Hie daughter of tha lata Ambrose and Geraldine Blewitt Finnegan. Her father for 40 yean waa a member of the Scranton newspaper fraternity, being a long-time advertising representative of The Scran-tonien Tribune and later librarian for the two newspaper. Her mother wa the daugher of a Pennsylvania State Senator, the late Edward J. Blewitt, who also was a prominent engineer who gained international fame for installing Scott Gets Law Degree At illanova City Biden's great, great grandfather was Patrick Blewitt, also an engineer, who laid out a large number of the streets and avenues of the City of Scranton, which he served as engineer. While living In Scranton, Joe Biden began his scholastic oareer at St.

Paul' Parochial school. On moving to Delaware when he waa nine years of age, Biden attended the Wilmington Public Schools and later graduated from the Univerwjy of Delaware and Syracuse Law School. Upon graduating law school Biden opened law offices in Wit nvington where he formed the law firm of Biden and Walsh. He has specialized In criminal trial work and is a member of the American Trial Lawyera Association. Biden will be pitted against Incumbent U.S.

Senator J. Caleb Boggs. In Boggs he faces a 63-year-old who has served three terms as U.S. Representative, two terms as Governor of Delaware and is finishing bis second term as U.S. Senator.

In addition, Boggs has a reputation, not disputed by Biden, of being very charming; of being good OH Cale. Following the nomination Biden told the writer: Ive got to convince the people that the vote for Senate Is the most Important vote they will oast in November. I mean to do just that and I'm sure to win. Biden thinks his opponent Is vulnerable when it comes to pro- tax-fre commonwealth property, and the services provided by the city to the state. The chief argument against paying the city haa been that the payroll here more than makes up for the inconvenience of play when the state resumed Its operations ahowed where tha state fail miserably In its dialog with die city.

At 1:30 a tha moment at which stale offices are supposed to be open for business for the day, there was a four OMalleyg Involved In Fender Bender Joe Biden unanlmou cholca John J. Scott son of Atty. and Mr. John J. Scott, 1009 Sunset has received his law degree from Villanova University Law School.

A graduate of Scranton Prep hi effort, which nobody doubts will be forceful and sparkling between now and November. Attaining the nomination marked another achievement in ing host to the man with long backup of traffic west boots. But all the state payroll injof the citys Front St. In sddi-the city, perhaps less than 5,000 tion to the wasted gasoline of car Jammed in traffic, there (there are only 11,000 state in 1965 and University of Scran-! em-to, 1, 1969, r.rSH, 2f whole) is much less than, lVOWS not to indulge in personalities say, the grant given to Penn State. That argument we provide A pilr of young men named OMalley bent fenders but escaped Injury when their care bumped during a passing attempt shout' noon Thursday on the North Scranton Expressway.

Police aaid Bernard OMalley, 20, 2705 Colliery Scranton, out back too toon from the passing tan and bla right front fender hit th left front fender of a car operated by Paul OMalley, 16, U2 Mala Pecfcville. Both driver wer alone In their eat. A police report of th aooMent gave no Indication wh either two might have family tie. Senate-IIopeful Biden to Fight For New Philosophy Leadership was for the state an unreported loss of manhours of work. The commonwealth, it would seem, has a responsibility beyond the $3,000 it allocates each year to th city for fire protection.

It has a responsibility to get ItJ work fore to th office on time, and that can best done by handling the traffic problem It creates. Aside from directing ears In and out of state parking lots at the Capitol Complex, the Commonwealth must move outside the Immediate dome area and do the Job it is morally obll- University of Scranton basketball team. He was a member of the 1966-69 of cage team which won the Middle Adantic Conference championship and set a new win record for the University. Scott also starred on the court for Scranton Prep. While at Villanova, Scott was a member of the honor board and also worked with the Public Defenders Office lit Phils-delphia.

Ho was active in commencing a bail program which permits release of persons! charged with crimes of nonviolence, on nominal bail. Attorney Scott present! In Philadelphia preparing for the bar exams. His father served as director of public safety for the City of Scranton during the Mayor James T. Hanlon Administration and is a veteran member of the Lackawanna Bar. By gcrantonlan Writer press, business, the courts, Con-DOVER, Del.

When Joseph gress, the media, the Preslden- I am going to speak about bureaucrats. In government and In private Industry, who laugh off tha legitimate grievances of (Please Turn to Page 27) (Please Turn to Pag 27) TAKE A TRIB HOME SUMMER STORE HOURS We'll Be Open Monday Through Saturday For Your Shopping Convenience cy none of them command the respect of the citizenry. And thus millions of citizens have come to believe that the men and institutions who hold power in this country do not mean what they say: That the Constitution, or a hospital bill, or the label on can of food, or a Time Magazine story, or a union pension plan, all falter between word and deed. The first pledge I make to you, to the peoppe of Delaware, as your nominee, is that I am going to play it straight with the people. I am going to say openly and clearly who and what I will fight for and who and what I am going to fight against.

I am going to talk about the blunt fact of unfair taxation in Delaware and across the nation; about laws that protect some of our wealthiest corporations, and the most privileged of Americans. "I am going to point to those laws which force millions of our countrymen to bear somebody elses burdon. I am going to speak of the arrogance of power in America, both public power and private power. I am going to speak Biden Democratic nomine for U.S. Senator from Delaware, the first state of the 13 1 state to ratify the Constitution of the United State, decided to he made it clear that he fwaa in the campaign to win and not Indulge in personalities.

A he wa greeted with cheer at the Democratic state con-' vention here, on June 24, he led Ms acceptance speech with the unequivocal statement: am not going to fight against a personality. I am going to fight for something for a different kind of philosophy a different kind of leadership In the United State Senate a leadership that recognize that jtha American myth is dying; that things are not getting bet-J ter.1 I The 29-year-old Scranton native continued: History seems deranged we have lost our way. There is a story making the rounds about an airline pilot who announced Jto his passengers that he had two pieces of news for them, one bad and the other good. The bad news is, he aaid, that we are lost The good news is that we far travelling at a record- breaking rate of speed. I Our readers are like that if pilot.

Thy are telling us were about a Department of Justice which does not believe in the Bill of Rights and claims the right to tap the phones of law-abiding citizens, but fails to prosecute organized crime, fails to enforce the laws against ITT and John Mitchells Committee for Re- traveling at a record-breaking rate; but very few have the courage to admit what the pople know that we are lost. There is a unified senses of discontent, a sense that we have Jlost the power to alter our society because those who wield election of the President. I am A Rare Opportunity To Obtain Exceptional Buys On Quality Men's Clothing and Furnishings HART, SCHAFFNER MARX TROPICAL going to speak about men who trample on our most precious government weve come to liberties while heroin flows into doubt. By one measure a Har- our communities, poisoning our ris Survey taken in September, children, corrupting our law enforcement process and making the streets unsafe to Americans. The walk.

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