Billboard clutter sparks highway debate in Pennsylvania
Editorial argues billboards along interstates threaten scenic beauty and urges Pennsylvania to pass standards or limit displays near exits. Warns of potential loss of 25 million federal highway dollars and suggests compromises on decency and signage while noting travel authorship and Lady Bird Johnson’s anti clutter efforts.
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Pennsylvania
United Press International
Kennedy Center pilferage prompts guards and souvenir plan
The Kennedy Center faces widespread looting of mementos as visitors take crystal, silverware, fabric, and fixtures. Center officials boost guards, consider a souvenir program and gift shop. A Star editorial calls it a systematic sacking of the memorial.
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Star
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Old Gang Seeks Bottles Then Finds 1692 Verse at Hoyt
A youth gang once scavenging pop bottles and golf balls for pennies finds a real treasure not in cash but in a 1692 philosophical piece discovered at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts. The verse begins Go placidly amid the noise and haste.
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Louis Rosenberg
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
Craig McBurney
Old St. Paul's Church
Baltimore
Be Yourself in a World of Quiet Counsel and Snowmobile notes
A reflective column urges peace with self and others, quoting wisdom about restraint and resilience. It blends a mercy of living with a note on road safety and inner strength, then shifts to snowmobiling as a growing sport and landowner courtesy. It also shares light local items about a tall mullein plant, a turkey sighting, and a missed call during deer season.
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The New Castle News Subscriptions Rates
The notice lists home delivery 75c weekly and 5c single copy. Mail rates in Lawrence County are 275 monthly, 15 for six months, 29 annually. All other U S areas 325 monthly, 1750 for six months, 33 annually. Foreign rates on request.
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Virginius Dabney Exalts Virginia in Civil Rights Insight
In a 16 year post 1954 turmoil discussion, Virginius Dabney lauds Virginia for keeping national guard calm amid racial tensions. The longtime Richmond Times Dispatch editor and author of Virginia The New Dominion emphasizes pride, learning, and love of state in his assessment.
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Florida
Virginia
Virginius Dabney
Richmond Times Dispatch
New Dominion
Dabney’s Virginia Chronicle Presents Evolution Over Strife
A Virginia history review praises Virginius Dabney’s 581 page chronicle from 1607 to modern times as steady and thoughtful. It highlights inclusive treatment of black citizens and leaders, progressive strain amid upheaval, and notable quotes from Byrd era governance and other era figures.
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The
New York Times
Confederacy
United States
Virginia
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Robert E. Lee
Harry F. Byrd
Marriage worth preserving in modern life, Buyny argues
Henry R. Buyny of New Castle writes that despite debates on sexuality and monogamy, marriage remains a valuable human institution. He critiques radical views and urges education in human sexuality and social responsibility to redefine progress toward 2000.
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the News
Carl Jung
Henry R. Buyny
New Castle
Russia’s domestic flights reveal stark consumer disparity
A reader recounts a Moscow to Leningrad domestic flight with a bare, unpressurized cabin and concrete toilet, contrasting it with international service. The piece argues Russia remains a heavy industry state prioritizing armaments over consumer goods, illustrating broader gaps between ideology and lived reality.
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Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Siberia
U.S
Bible Thought on Unity in Christ
A brief meditation cites I Corinthians 12 13 about being baptized by one spirit into one body. It notes division into many groups races and sects yet insists we are all God’s children in the end.
First Player Piano Patented by E S Votey in 1897
The first player piano received a U.S. patent in 1897 credited to engineer E S Votey. This milestone marks a key development in automated musical instruments and mechanical innovation of the era.
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E. S. Votey
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