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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2000
Page
4
Jeffrey Kaplan of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlights a rise in high school students smoking and using drugs compared with the early 1990s. The report notes ongoing risky behaviors among youths and calls for targeted prevention efforts.
Reform Party member Ira Goodman of Mahwah New Jersey says the door remains cracked and activists push to meet a July 1 deadline to place Ross Perot's name on the primary ballot as loyalists strive to win spots.
A researcher, Tanmoy Bhattachary, argues AIDS began in Africa in the early 1930s and spread later due to jet travel, urban growth, and the sexual revolution, suggesting it could have evolved in humans and remained in a small population before expanding.
The piece argues George W. Bush’s plan to reform Washington to reduce partisanship faces the main obstacle of Congress. It deems a biennial budget unlikely without internal reforms, critiques pork and earmarks outside normal scrutiny, and notes past attempts like line-item veto and watchdog commissions will struggle against entrenched power and institutional resistance.
In a turn of events Democrats from rural and minority districts break with their party on the federal inheritance tax. They argue the death tax harms small businesses and family farms by taking large shares of inheritances, risking loss to developers, and echo Republican concerns about wealth inequality. If Congress and the president kill the death tax, the path toward broader opportunity and wealth accumulation may continue.
Mitchel Olszak, editorial page editor of the New Castle News, muses on nature as a sign of spring. He questions robin reliability, cherishes evening calm, and recalls fireflies, geese, and a looming thunderstorm, finding serenity in the vast natural world.
The piece argues that despite Atkins and Ornish winning government endorsement, most Americans will ignore dietary guidance. It notes about 55 percent are overweight, with one in four adults and one in ten kids obese, and cites Margo Wootan criticizing softened guidelines. Stephanie Salter writes from the San Francisco Examiner.
In April Ellwood City council appointed Maurice Waltz as interim borough manager at 500 per week, despite calls for a local resident with management experience to fill the post. The arrangement costs 25,000 annually and mirrors the borough already employing the Waltz company to oversee grant writing and housing issues.
Readers debate city contracts with Waltz company for housing rehab and criticise management by Vicari. Questions are raised about grants, layoffs in municipal departments, and governance while urging public attendance at council meetings.
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