Laird pushes for military cuts amid peace drive
In Washington, Defense Secretary Mel Laird urges reductions tied to pursuing peace and deterring future Vietnams. He faces strong dissent from military chiefs, with Kissinger approving new defense guidelines that shift conventional forces and retain a deterrent arsenal while limiting Asia pullback. A separate counterfeit memo attributed to Attorney General Mitchell proposing GOP minority appeals is deemed fake, though Senator Dole considers it thought provoking.
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Washington
Mel Laird
Karen's first job and family memories of making it
A daughter lands her first paid work at a bank after four days of job hunting, while the narrator recalls his own and relatives first gigs from Cotton Exchange pages to a Bayonne plant. The scene captures nerves, pride, and a coin kept for a keepsake.
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Bank of Hallendale
Bayonne Wire Works
John Michael Bishop
Contrast of POW Treatment and Revolt on Cheju Island
The account contrasts the humane Geneva Conventions treatment of enemy POWs with a severe revolt on Cheju Do. Prisoners forged rifles, radios, and spears from salvaged materials, caused teacher executions, and forced a brutal crackdown led by General Boamer. All prisoners were moved to smaller compounds, ending the revolt.
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Yellow Sea
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Potholes Trump Spring Joy On Route 426 Between PA and NY
A local compare and contrast piece laments spring potholes on Route 426 linking Pennsylvania and New York. It notes faded Pennsylvania road markings, harsher winter clearing in New York, one lane sections in PA, and ongoing questions about state road maintenance. The author questions DOT answers and urges scrutiny of Pennsylvanian road upkeep.
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New York State
New York
Corry
Forest Hopkins
New York- Pennsylvania
Vandalism blamed for public spaces damage in America
Grass roots opinion condemns vandals who mar public buildings monuments and schools as an invasion of civic rights. An editorial from Quakertown Free Press revisits Revolutionary era splits noting a third favored independence a third opposed and a third indifferent reflecting persistent social divisions.
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Wanda
Public Utility Commission extends crossing light deadline in Corry
The Public Utility Commission extended the deadline for installing automatic flashing light signals at the Washington Street grade crossing in Corry to June 1. The prior deadline was March 1. Thirty nine of forty one Red Cross first aid trainees passed the course and will receive cards. Lou Hanna announced the results. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson of 11 Essex Street yesterday at Corry Hospital to the mother Carol Forbes.
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Red Cross
Lou Hanna
Charles Jackson
Essex Street
40 YEARS AGO March 29 1737 Sunday No paper The Corey Evening News
A fragmentary note from March 29 1737 records that no newspaper was published that Sunday. The Coreys Evening News lists William Eaton as publisher and mentions limited service and advertising deadlines.
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