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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1968
Page
2
A writer reflects on editor stereotypes as he abandons a crew cut for sideburns. He shares reactions from family and colleagues, recounts a freak eye injury from combing, and concludes the episode reinforced kindness while leaving his look changed and a bit rebellious.
Defense Secretary Clark Clifford urged the Pentagon to help society with cost cutting and housing programs, proposing a $6 million, 200 unit low cost housing project at George Air Force Base. The idea drew skepticism from contractors who questioned his role.
The U S Commission on Civil Rights plans a six day public hearing in San Antonio on Mexican Americans in the Southwest. It will study education employment economic security and justice administration with leaders like Cesar Chavez and Reies Lopez Tijerina cited as key figures in the Brown Power movement and Viva la Raza as the slogan.
The piece notes medical care costs rose faster than overall prices since World War I with the CPI medical care index up about 24 percent over 21 years and hospital daily charges climbing sharply. Factors include demand, manpower shortages, and higher hospital wages. It cites 441 percent hospital room rate rise versus 71 percent for all consumer prices.
The piece compares Kennedy’s rage at the Bay of Pigs with Nixon’s aims to rev up Foggy Bottom. It advises a reform plan: appoint top performers, avoid frequent turnover, let capable appointees lead, and replace complacency with initiative, citing past secretary shifts and memo mishaps.
The Ashbrook and American Conservative Union cabinet slate suggests Bob Finch for HUD and Richard Cornyelle as an alternative, John Howard for HEW, and options for State, Treasury, Defense, Commerce, Labor, and Interior. It includes Robert Murphy, Walter Judd, John Davis Ledge, Maurice Stans, George Champion, John Tower, Scoop Jackson, Frank Lausche, Rogers Morton, J. William Middendorf, Robert Griffin, Sylvester Petra, Michael Bernstein, Peter O Donnell, James Gardner, and Tim Babcock as potential appointees.
A poem by Mary Moore Rosengren envisions a hidden light beyond walls guiding readers to new visions. It contrasts urban slums with green meadows and speaks of a highway from obscurity to security near stalwart hills, urging gaze toward distant summits and a transcendent morning star.
A devotional piece urging believers to imitate Jesus by thinking as he thought living as he lived and seeking as he sought. It emphasizes glorifying God loving the sinner feeding the hungry and healing, while not seeking self or fame and maintaining steadfast faith.
A reflective verse questions whether a life spent saving and planning has shaped the person or if time itself has dictated the course. The poem ponders the balance between deliberate effort and fate across years of quiet endurance.
After nine days without food six coal miners trapped in a Hominy Falls shaft near West Virginia are rescued. They relied on prayer and teamwork, sharing six soggy sandwiches and brackish water while rationing supplies. A part time minister among them led prayer sessions and urged stern discipline to survive.
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