Four Our Opinion Synfuel funding not the solution yet
The piece argues against rushing more federal money into synthetic fuels, noting the technology is costly and experimental. It cites private firms and foreign partners scaling back, cites a $3 billion cap on Synfuel funding, and urges prioritizing economic revival and infrastructure over expanding investment until the industry shows clearer results.
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Washington
U.S
Synthetic Fuels Corp
Ashland
Grace
Congress
Reagan Administration
America
State Senate blocks auto exhaust tests despite court order
Years ago a federal court ordered PennDOT to establish an auto exhaust inspection program. The state Senate resisted, costing taxpayers and drawing contempt citations. The loss of 90 million in federal highway funds follows, with more funding at risk as lawmakers delay financing the program. Congress won’t roll back the requirement and the Supreme Court won’t intervene.
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Penndot
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Thornburgh
Lameduck politics hinder Thornburgh judge nominees in senate
In lameduck session debate the Senate blocked eight Thornburgh nominations to fill state and local judgeships. The passage notes these confirmations are gubernatorial prerogatives and that delays create vacancies until May 1983 primaries. Critics call the moves political and short sighted. The piece ends with a trivia line about the Spain Gibraltar frontier.
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Senate Democrats
Thornburgh
New Castle News Sources and the Journalist’s Dilemma
A veteran reporter outlines two main source types, reference sources and people sources, and discusses how trust, timing, and discretion shape story timing. He notes libraries, codes, phone directories, and court records as valuable references, while people sources vary from confidants to casual acquaintances.
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Lawrence County Planning Commission
Youngstown
A Reporter's Observation on Trust and Sources
Debbie Wachter, staff writer for New Castle News, reflects on the stigma around reporters and the need to earn trust from sources. She advises agreements on what is off the record and how many sources to cultivate, noting the value of a wide network from officials to the man on the street.
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New Castle
Debbie Wachter
New Castle News
Vietnam veterans deserve praise for memorial in Washington
Editor, The News, writes that the Vietnam Memorial Monument dedication on Nov. 14 in Washington, D.C., honors veterans who faced mistreatment upon return. The letter contrasts WWII reception with the hostile return of Vietnam veterans and urges every decent American to owe thanks and honor to those who served.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Strictly Personal Diction and the Courtesy of Speech
The writer argues pronunciation matters as courtesy and clarity. He cites irritating speech forms heard on phones, denounces slang like lemme and gonna, and urges clear, properly projected Standard American English over distorted forms and theatrical BBC speech. He contends Americans often speak better foreign listeners than fellow citizens when projecting speech.
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Sydney J. Harris Field
Tales From The Golden Bough On Primitive Myth And Cause
In college we read Sir James Frazer on ancient myths and ritual violence. The text argues that even savage practices arose from primitive cause and effect thinking and propitiation of natural forces rather than random cruelty.
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James G. Frazer
James
Calabar River
West Africa
James Frazer
Charles Addams
Detroit
The Tylenol episode and modern malice across ages
The author contrasts ancient and modern moral behavior and asks why Tylenol capsules were tainted in 1982 to kill unknown victims. He notes copy cat crimes, dangerous packaging, and the lack of clear motive beyond perverse satisfaction, comparing terror, politics, and fiction to the baffling Tylenol case.
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James Frazer
Johnson & J
Northern
Ireland
Lebanon
Lenin
Trotsky
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P.O
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