TV film blasphemous to the times
A letter denounces NBC for broadcasting a film about the life of Joseph and Mary as blasphemous. It condemns Mary as raped by a Roman soldier and Mary and Joseph’s portrayal as compromising Christian doctrine. Readers urged to write to NBC and KYW-TV and to withdraw support for sponsors.
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the Times
NBC
Joseph and
Mary
Joseph
Christ
God
National Broadcasting Company
Rockefeller Center
New York
Kyw-Tv
Philadelphia
Urge Edgar to back strong national defense, Anderson says
Gerald H. Anderson of Media urges readers to press Representative Robert Edgar to reassess his stance on national defense. Citing past statements on Cambodia and his co sponsorship of H R 4897, Anderson warns that taxpayer funds could be diverted from military needs.
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Times
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Cambodia
Russia
China
Robert Edgar
Edgar
World Peace Tax Fund
Rep
Gerald H. Anderson
Upper Chichester residents seek audit answers and action
Upper Chichester residents demand clarity seven months after a May tax shortage discovery. They question whether the audit is complete and claim as much as a half million may be missing. The letter lists fifteen signatories including Russo and Credille families, Hall, McFarland, and Ray, calling for District Attorney intervention.
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Michael D. Russo
Rose M. Russo
Anne Marie Russo
Gerald Hall
Hazel McFarland
Anne MacDonald
Bessie Steele
Bertha Simmers
Clarence Simmers
Willard McMullin
Mary Ellen McMullin
Jane Credille
Fred Credille
D.L. Noden
Catherine Noden
Florence Zebley
Robert Gamble
Alice Gamble
Louise Ray
George Ray
Doyle Ray
Rose A. Credille
Ernest Hesling
Vera Hesling
Almanac entry for December 8, 1979 noting celestial positions and historical events
Almanac highlights include Mars and Jupiter as morning stars with Venus as an evening star, Sagittarius birth sign, and historical notes such as Washington’s 1776 Delaware crossing, AFL founding in 1886, the Nationalist retreat to Taiwan in 1949, and Greece becoming a republic in 1974. the text ends with garbled residual text.
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United Press International
Mars
Jupiter
Venus
George Washington
Delawareiver
Irenton
N.J
Pennsylvania
American Federation of Labor
Columbus
Ohio
Relies
Taiwan
Greece
TNO Insbiveit
Svag Il Gisalis
Anoiesti
Carter's shuffled push for regional shopping policy
President Carter pursued a controversial policy effort to balance downtown and suburban shopping centers. After multiple drafts and lobbying from industry groups, the final statement, unveiled at the National League of Cities convention, avoided strong stances, renamed central areas, and omitted a national downtown committee. The result appeased no side and offered only a short-term campaign gain.
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Robert Walters
Washington
Alexander Pope
Carter
White House
International Council of Shopping Centers
National Retail Merchants Association
Shopping Center Trade Association
National League of Cities
Las Vegas
Nev
Watson
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Upper Chi
Upper Chichester
Almanac
Jack H. Watson Jr
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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