Prayers of Fame: Jim Bishop Recalls Famous Pleas
Reporter recalls favorite prayers of Dwight Eisenhower Franklin Clark Fry Harry S Truman Mary Pickford Rabbi Louis Finkelstein Clare Boothe Luce Oveta Culp Hobby Eddie Cantor Louis Bromfield and others. Each figure offers a personal plea to God reflecting faith and moral focus in daily life. The piece notes prayer as a habit like brushing teeth and emphasizes the soul as a direct line to God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
Dwight Eisenhower
United Lutheran ‘Church In America
Franklin Clark Fry
Harry
Truman
God
Heaven
Earth
Universe
Mary Pickford
Louis Finkelstein
Selah
Clare Boothe Luce
Lord Astley
Oveta Culp Hobby
The
Houston Post
Eddie Cantor
America
Louis Bromfield
Education Incentive Could Garner All-Volunteer Army
A University of Michigan ISR study argues four years of paid schooling may attract volunteers more effectively than higher pay. Younger recruits show higher intelligence and self-esteem with schooling incentives, while college-bound youths favor education opportunities over immediate money. Proposes enlarged GI bill and funded education using saved military pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Oakley
University of Michigan
Institutute For Social Research
ISR
Jerome Johnson
Jerald Bachman
IRS
Pantall Coal tipple destroyed by early fire near Punxsutawney
Incendiary origin fire last Sunday morning at the Pantall Coal Company mine near McGees on the Pennsylvania railroad 14 miles east of Punxsutawney destroyed the mine tipple. Loss estimated at 5000 dollars with 1000 dollars insured.
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Pantall Coal Company
McGees
Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney
Homer City
Helen Watson
Indiana
Eastern Star
N. DeWitt Ray
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana County Historical Society
Memorial Hall
Historical Society
Armory
Wayne Ave
High Street
Saltsbury
Conn Welding and Machine Co
New Castle
Access To Secrets A Problem In Pentagon Papers
Washington columnist JACK ANDERSON argues the government misuses secrecy to control information about Vietnam. He notes Johnson pressured talks with air raids, Nixon released sensitive material, and the Pentagon Papers reveal limited Soviet influence yet growing interest in ending the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Pentagon
Lyndon Johnson
Hanoi
Vietnam
Johnson
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Kremlin
Alexei Kosygin
London
U.S
DRV
Kosygin
SVN
Brezhnev
Thompson
Moscow
Sensitivity training and deodorant in schools in 1900s humor
A Boyle column recalls past school life and shows humor about changing norms from odor rules to sensitivity training. It contrasts deodorant today with old times when baths and long underwear were common. Readers are teased with trivia questions about history and forestry terms.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Dallas
Tex
Seymour, Tex
Seymour High School
Hard Hats Urged to Stop Violence and Work Smarter
Victor Riesel notes union leaders urge end to violence and nonunion pressure. He highlights mass actions, including a 25,000-strong march and firebombed nonunion projects, and cites Marty Ward urging members to prove themselves, work hard, and accept open-shop competition to preserve work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Associated General Contractors
Norristown
Building and Construction Union National General
Marty” Ward
Plumbers
National Constructors Assn
NCA
Ward
Georgia
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Texas
Veterans urged to use GI benefits for skill training
A letter from a young veteran in the Gazette urges area veterans to use GI education benefits through the IUP Counseling Center to gain six months to a year of post high school training. It notes over $7000 in benefits available and offers help from IUP veterans at the PAVE Center Whitmyre Hall, with contact numbers 957-2706 and 357-3009.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
IUP
Commonwealth
G.i.s
Pave Center
Whitmyre Hall
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Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
Tee AR Lay i Cccceercurrience
Elizabeth R. Sweeneamye Taylor Ray
R. Hastie Ray
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
AP News
HOY
MGIOR
M. Mu
Armstrong
Clearfield
Jefferson
Cay NN
Boyle
Melvin
U.S. House of Representatives
Thebes
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