County Commissioner Pushes Buy American Campaign Commentary
Editorial urges Commissioner Frank A. Vitril to address local county issues such as the union stalemate and child welfare funding rather than pursue a Buy American stance. It notes China exhibitions may boost imports while risking American crafts sales and questions the campaign’s impact on local jobs. It also reflects on trade ties with China and cautions against conflicting views on imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Vitril
Vitril
U.S
Peking
China
Prc
Father’s Day through changing roles and modern ideals
The piece traces Father’s Day origins in 1910 and how roles for dads shifted with the women's movement. It notes Calvin Coolidge and Nixon backing national observance, then explores fathers taking on traditionally maternal tasks, custody trends, and evolving social expectations.
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John Bruce Dodd
Spokane Ministers Alliance
Young Men’s Christian Association
Calvin Coolidge
Richard Nixon
Carter era resource policy critique urges stockpile buildup
Connellsville Daily Courier argues that United States dependence on foreign sources for manganese cobalt and chromium threatens defense needs. It asserts Soviet expansion since 1975 risks oil and strategic minerals, calls for urgent stockpile restoration and a national strategy leveraging domestic sources and allied access abroad.
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Persian Gulf
United States
sub-Sahara
Africa
Soviet Union
U.S
Carter
Connellsville
Daily Courier
Love as critical for human life as air and water
The article argues love is essential for human life, likening it to air and water and to the word God. It discusses love as a metaphor with complex, not easily definable reality, shifting from simple feeling to deeper human understanding explored by philosophers from Empedocles to existentialists.
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New Castle
Empedocles
Plato
St. Augustine
St. Thomas
Hegel
Schelling
Love as ontological duty and ethical aim in human life
The piece argues love is structural to human existence, not merely a feeling, and must be cultivated through will and effort. It discusses ontological and ethical aspects, commands in Judaism and Christianity, and distinguishes eros agape philia libido, stressing that love requires action and cannot be bought.
Things Learned From Looking Up Other Things
A collection of curious facts spans language origins coast guard cabinet shifts ancient arenas and historical quirks. It notes the Clink prison name origin and destruction, the Coast Guard’s dualCabinet status, Cirucs Maximus capacity, Dover as only surviving Channel port, Thurmond on four tickets, Beirut’s rulers, Sanforizing fabric, Greece’s Olympic gold, pearls versus diamonds, medieval peacocks, and the Fugger election bribery benefiting Charles V.
Doctors and teachers urged for world mission fields
Dear reader notes doctors teachers and other trained professionals are still needed on mission fields. The columnist says many regions closed to evangelists welcome skilled nonreligious workers and that agencies often provide salary. Christians should prayerfully consider service possibilities and witness opportunities.
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DR. Graham
M. B
Go and Make Disciples Across Cultures
The speaker urges lay Christians to serve as witnesses wherever placed, noting God can use secular workers too. He cites Joseph Nehemiah and Daniel as examples and emphasizes the ongoing need for evangelism across nations. billions remain unreached without cross cultural mission effort.
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Christ
Joseph
Nehemiah
Daniel
Readers defend teaching profession against editorials
A reader letter rebuts J. M. Eagle's piece on teachers noting misconceptions about weekends and holidays, job security, pay growth, and investments in education. The writer contrasts teaching with other jobs, cites personal experience in multiple lines of work, and argues teaching has stable income despite economic downturns.
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the News
J. M. Eagle
New Castle
Parade Magazine
Death cup toadstools deadly to humans risky for rabbits
United Press International notes that death cup toadstools are lethal to people while rabbits can ingest them without immediate fatal effect. The report contrasts human danger with rabbit tolerance, highlighting species-specific outcomes from consuming the same toxic fungi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Butter Not Guns Theme Hits Commencement Tone
Analyzing debates on fighting the Soviet Empire, the piece argues both left and right misframe the struggle. It defends American capitalism as evolving, stresses freedom as the core engine, and rejects Marxist-Leninism as gangsterism while noting liberty supports welfare aims like food stamps and Medicare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
Chrysler Corporation
Marx and Leninism as Power Tools in World War of Ideas
The text argues Marxist Leninism thrives as power by propaganda and fear. It contrasts Stalin era cynicism with Brezhnev Khrushchev and notes anti capitalist use as a tool. It cites Cuba 1958 exile, Angola, and Afghanistan as arenas where ideas become violence. It frames the conflict as a war with an armed international mafia rather than abstract doctrine.
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Trotsky
Lenin
Stalin
George Orwell
Svetlana
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
David
Marx
Engels
Cuba
Latin America
Castro
Angola
Laos
Karl Marx
Groucho
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Edinboro State College
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