If you drink do not drive during the holidays
A Christmas to New Year safety column notes 449 traffic deaths over the holiday period, below last year’s 520. Robert R. Coleman urges hosts to limit alcohol, serve food, and arrange rides. He cites 564 yearly alcohol related fatalities and 9,746 injuries, urging caution for the New Year celebrations. A tragic New York City incident left six dead after a drunk driver struck partygoers.
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Squirrels in Capitol Park Teach Thornburgh a Lesson
The Capitol park squirrels adapt to bureaucracy, losing wild instincts and thriving on peanuts and popcorn. Their two acre habitat mirrors Pennsylvania state government, illustrating how overabundance of food and easy surroundings can shape behavior and survival.
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Dick Thornburgh
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Capitol Squirrels and Bureaucracy Commentary
A Shenandoah Evening Herald column attacks state government growth with a satirical tale of Capitol squirrels fed by handouts. It argues excess staffing breeds dependency, urges trimming personnel, and promotes self-reliance over cushy civil service.
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Cleveland Mayor Kucinich in moral drama over bank loan default
The piece portrays Mayor Dennis Kucinich as entangled in a public morality play after he withdrew $9,197.04 from a bank amid a dispute over forgiveness of a $5 million loan to Cleveland. Reporters accompany him as his brother is arrested for bank robbery and other local figures face misdeeds.
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Roger M. DeCarbo
DeCarbo
Angelo J. Sands
Francis J. Rogan
George S. Sigler
Sigler
Cleveland's Default and the Decline of Mayoral Power
The commentary argues Cleveland's leadership crisis reflects a broader drift toward centralized power and nationalized finances. It contends Dennis Kucinich symbolized populist disruption, cites a $15.5 million default as proof of municipal maturity failing, and likens New York's 1975 incident to a broader pattern of evasive labeling in difficult times.
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Cleveland
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New York
Year ends with Carter year review and local politics
A New Castle column reflects on 1978 and inflation while noting President Carter’s year, the Lab County scene includes Eugene Atkinson's return to Congress, local race chatter for 1979 mayor, and forecasts of higher Social Security deductions. It predicts continued economic strain and political jockeying.
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China
Eugene Atkinson
Two types of diseases we really haven’t grasped
Sydney J Harris argues that health progress hinges on recognizing two disease types. Outside invasions we have largely conquered, and self made illnesses from lifestyle now dominate. He urges shifting from cure to prevention and from private to public medicine to reduce these preventable diseases.
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U.S
Sydney J. Harris
Dear Dr Graham on humans not becoming gods after death
In response to the claim that all men are little gods, the Bible presents humans created in God's image yet marred by rebellion. It contrasts self-centeredness with true love for God and others and notes the temptation Eve faced, highlighting that such godlike elevation is a deception from Satan.
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Born Again Spiritual Rebirth Through Christ
The text argues humanity fell through Adam and Eve and Sin. It asserts the need to be born again for heaven, citing Jesus message to Nicodemus and scriptures. Faith in Jesus Christ is presented as the path to spiritual rebirth and eternal life.
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Nicodemus
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Jesus Christ
Christ
New Castle Chorus Spreads Holiday Cheer With Bus Help
The New Castle Sweet Adelines Chorus, aided by John Frasso and the Bus Authority, performed for two evenings for senior citizens. The Christmas program brightened many shut ins at the county home, rest homes, and apartment buildings, sharing holiday spirit. Donna Pandolfi New Castle
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New Castle
Christmas Eve Hours Condemned by Church Leader
A church figure led a call against Christmas Eve store hours arguing that department stores and supermarkets keeping open on December 24th worship money over faith. The statement says Christmas shopping on the Lord's Day mocks worship and asks how long divine judgment will be withheld, urging hearts toward 1979 in the Lord's house. Mrs. William Workman signed the message.
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