PA aims to equalize girls and boys sports funding
The Pennsylvania Commission for Women finds widespread sexism in school athletics with girls receiving a small share of budgets and lower salaries for women coaches and referees. The HEW rule allows football to stay exempt, but districts must begin equalizing spending on women's sports and scholarships within three years.
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Pennsylvania Commission For Women
Commission
Marie R Kenney
Pittsburgh
Harriburg
Harrisburg- Hershey Area
Norma Raffel
Education Equity
Pennsylvania
Mohawk Area School Board
Robert Navarra
Kenney
Regulation that works boosts air quality and safety
The New Republic argues federal regulation reduces costs and protects health. SOHA and coal safety rules cut deaths and worker exposures while air pollution improves nationwide. scientists may link cleaner air to fewer heart attacks and angina, amid inflation worries.
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New Republic
SOHA
United States
Geographic briefs hint at Montana boundary atlas note
A National Geographic Society atlas excerpt discusses a hypothetical Montana northern boundary along the Atlantic coast from Boston to Richmond. It notes sparse towns across the state and a rancher’s long drives to services, illustrating rural distances in Montana.
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Montana
Atlantic Seacoast
Boston
Mass
Richmond
National Geographic Society
Pat Boone demands correction over misprint fallout
A reader letter from Pat Boone details the harmful impact of a misprinted reference calling him a "Pat Boone-type" in a Merv Griffin show anecdote. Boone cites angry responses from evangelical readers, professional harm, and past anti-pornography advocacy, urging understanding from Buckley’s editor and noting prior corrections.
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Pat Boone
Merv Griffin
Mr. Boone
Strictly Personal Thoughts on Truth and Democracy
A compact meditation on self perception propaganda and power. It contrasts fact and truth notes democracy as a self correcting system and warns against sacrificing principles for expediency. It cites Hitler Ben Hecht Thomas Wolfe and broader questions of ideology and humanity.
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Ben Hecht
Thomas Wolfe
Four Years In College Not A Waste Says Billy Graham
Billy Graham urges P F that four college years in any subject are formative and not wasted. He notes such years shape character and preparedness for future service, often opening paths beyond the original major and aligning with God’s broader purposes.
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DR. Graham
P. F
Billy Graham
Foster Parents Share Love From Lawrence County
Wayne Plotts of New Castle writes about foster care in Lawrence County. He and his family housed 25 foster children from 1974 onward, sharing a large home with Jeff and Marilyn, reflecting on joys, challenges, and the many dedicated foster families in the area.
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Tillie Gross
Levittown
Foster Parents Association
Lawrence County
United Press
Marilyn
Jeff
Wayne Plotts
New Castle
Drinking age debate questions 18 year olds' rights
Letter writer argues 18-year-olds are treated as adults in voting marriage taxes and military service yet denied drinking rights. Cites 18 to 20 year old eligibility in other laws and cites border states with 18 access. Urges lawmakers to reconsider lowering the drinking age. Bob Z began
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the News
Fee
United States
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
West Virginia
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Bob Z
New Castle
Resident thanks police for rapid theft response
Maurine Gross credits New Castle and Boardman police for a quick arrest after her purse was stolen on Euclid Ave. A couple from New Castle used her charge cards to buy $728 of merchandise, then were found in Strauss. Police recovered all items and took them to jail.
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the News
Euclid Ave
Boardman Police
New Castle
Strauss
Boardman
Maurine Gross
Christmas Mail Volume Seen At 14 Billion Pieces
United Press International reports the U.S. Postal Service estimates over 14 billion cards letters and packages will be mailed this Christmas season about 15 percent of the year’s total 98 billion pieces.
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United Press International
U.S. Postal Service
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