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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1978
Page
4
The editorial argues against US taxpayers covering cleanup costs of the Guyana Peoples Temple disaster, proposing a lien on temple assets, cites potential $9 million bill, and questions separation of church and state. It links Hearst brainwashing debates and notes PennDOT road salt cuts and local vandalism costs, urging accountability.
In Ohio last winter snow blocked travel and radio traffic reports amplified fear. Some commuters stayed home while others pressed on, shaping attitudes toward a looming downturn. Economists flip between recession forecasts as the Federal Reserve tightens to fight inflation, fueling short term pessimism.
The piece argues a recession is unlikely to deepen soon and growth may slow but stay steady. It urges steady corporate planning, warns against panic, notes inflation as a challenge, and cites President Carter’s prudence while predicting a tougher year for management in 1975.
The New Castle News explains a shift to paragraph style box scores this season due to more games from WPIAL sectional play. With three sections instead of two, staff must cover many more teams while limited by space and staff. Fans may see fewer game-action photos and more brief box scores.
In the Phoenix Scottsdale region, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West operates as a working firm and apprentice school with an eight year program guiding 15 apprentices through real projects. Nearby Paolo Soleri’s Cosanti Foundation advances Arcosanti, a proto city blending architecture and ecology with a 4.34 acre greenhouse and solar energy aims for 5,000 people.
Soleri proposes a dense three dimensional desert community using greenhouse, chimney and apse effects to harvest sun and store heat. The Wright influence and Phoenix area growth raise doubts about skyscrapers parking and smog as Scottsdale Tempe and Sun City merge. The piece argues for balance between innovation and landscape heritage.
A columnist notes radicals and conservatives both retreat to older doctrines. The writer recalls a college pamphlet urging radical study, finding Marx Engels and Trotsky still treated as gospel. The piece argues modern radicals resemble religious orthodoxies rather than scientific inquiry.
The piece contrasts Marxist and Smithian ideas as outdated in today’s world. It argues that radicals cling to a past world-picture, becoming rigid and intolerant like right-wing foes. True radicalism would continually question assumptions, adapt, and avoid venerating historical laws as dogma.
A reader R R seeks help after praying to die. Dr Graham explains Paul’s struggle, noting Paul preferred death to life but chose to stay for others, having found a reason to live. The exchange offers spiritual guidance on endurance and purpose.
The speaker describes a life lived for others, even in captivity, writing letters to help friends and avoiding self pity. The message urges turning from self toward Christian service, joining a church, and directing life outward to meet world needs by placing one’s life in God’s hands.
An opinion piece compares Capitol Park squirrels to state government, arguing overreliance on handouts has eroded instincts, led to bureaucratic patronage, and breeds theft. The author urges cuts to excess staff and a return to self-reliance to reform government.
United Press International notes that the Chicago fire which killed 300 and caused 196 million dollars in damage was surpassed by a Pestigo Wisconsin forest fire nearby. The Pestigo blaze destroyed 1,280,000 acres, many buildings, with 1,152 known dead.
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