Uncle Sam Needs You Revisited in Draft Debate
Lawrence County readers consider the wartime poster’s pull as the United States contemplates draft registration amid Iran hostages and Afghanistan. Critics warn registration could lead to conscription, while groups advise conscientious objector status. Public protests and legal challenges loom as the nation weighs this return to draft-era politics.
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Lawrence County
Uncle Sam
Iran
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Washington, D.C
Mobilization Against
United States Student Association
Americans For Democratic Action
Students For A Libertarian Society
Women’s Strike For Peace
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Middle East
Canada
Sweden
Woman employee wins landmark sex discrimination ruling
Dorothy Thompson, a 58 year old federal employee at the U S Government Printing Office, helped overturn a system viewing women's work as less valuable. Judge Charles Richey awarded Thompson and 324 coworkers 16 million dollars and ordered promotions for women held back by sex.
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Dorothy Thompson
District Court
U.S. Government Printing Office
Charles Richey
Sonia Delaunay Theater of Color reveals a synesthetic artist
Born to Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay-Terk in 1911, Sonia Delaunay champions color as life, shunning perspective while creating depth through color interaction. She blends painting, dance, music, poetry, and design into wearable, luminous works, a lifelong collage of media and ideas.
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Sonia Delaunay
Theater of Color
Robert Delaunay
Sonia Delaunay-Terk
Charles
Delaunays
Delaunay
Bible Verse Reflection on Honesty and Fair Dealing
A biblical teaching from Leviticus 19 11 contrasts theft and deceit with fair dealings. It speaks to the cheater taking more value for self rather than blessing others and notes that God grants more to others through honest conduct.
Forgetting Provides Renewal In Life
A New Castle News column argues forgetting frees people to renew their lives. It distinguishes daily forgetfulness from deeper omissions, noting memory loss can signal disinterest or rebellion and that forgetting enables fresh starts despite distress.
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The
New Castle News
New Castle
Repentance and Forgiving as Healthy Forgetting
Dr. James F. Crane argues against repression as a damaging form of forgetting. He promotes repentance and forgiveness as healthy forgetting that unclogs the soul, enables renewal, and supports growth in relationships with others and God. He notes Hebrew roots, contrasts religious and secular paths, and outlines practical impact on self and others.
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James F. Crane
Edinboro State College
Stop apologizing for America the economic case
The piece argues America must abandon self doubt amid political clashes over Iran policy and domestic economics. It cites Ramsey Clark and Ramsey Ward, Carter, Muskie, Kennedy, Kemp, and Hanley urging a tougher stance against perceived nonsense about American strength and growth, advocating tax cuts, reduced double taxation, and stronger business action to restore growth.
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Herbert Meyer
Fortune Magazine
Ramsey Clark
Tehran
Iran
Princeton University
John Tudor Walsh
George Ward
Jimmy Carter
U.S
George Wald
Carter
Muskie
State Department
Clark-Ward
First
Boston Corporation
Jack Kemp
Kemp
John Hanley
Monsanto Chemical Company
School of Business and Public Administration
University of the Pacific
Hanley
America
Washington
Labor
John Chamberlain
King Features Syndicate
Facts From History Hidden In Old Texts And Tales
A compact survey of curious historical notes spanning language, biography, zoology, theatre, music, and literature. It highlights early dictionary spellings, Napoleon’s Corsican birth, the large mouth bass misnomer, Covent Garden riots over pricing, Dickens core title quirks, Lorenzo da Ponte’s academic career, octopus maternal care, Tennyson’s Crossing the Bar publication habit, Thomas Cook’s early travels, and Lord Timothy Dexter’s punctuation debate.
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Covent Garden
London
O.P
Lorenzo da Ponte
New York
Columbia University
Tennyson
Emma Durham
Thomas Cook
England
Lord
Timothy Dexter
Opportunities for Christians in Writing
Dear reader asks about Christian writing paths and doors. The reply notes growth in religious publishing, religious magazines, Christian TV and radio scriptwork, and secular outlets. Advice includes visiting Christian bookstores,参考 works on Christian writing, seminars sponsored by Billy Graham Association, and seeking divine guidance for Evangelistic opportunities.
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DR. Graham
Christ
W.C. L
Decision Magazine
Serwood Wirt
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Minneapolis
Minn
Carter Anti Israel Bias and Western Missteps
A critical column blasting U S officials for perceived anti Israel sentiment amid UN actions on West Bank and Jerusalem. It cites Carter administration figures Hodding Carter III and Vance, Brzezinski staff, and McHenry while decrying NATO reaction to Israel and PLO violence. It questions U S abstentions and calls for a realistic Middle East approach.
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Menachem Begin
Begin
Israel
West Bank
Security Council
United Nations Security Council
United States
Hodding Carter III
State Department
Britain
Northern Ireland
PLO
Sudan
Lebanon
United Nations
U.N
Andrew Young
Young
Carter
Pavlov
Washington
Carter and Co
Cy Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Ussr
Sadat
Soviet Union
Vance
Gertrude Samuels
Donald F. McHenry
Recall McHenry
East Jerusalem
Brzezinski
Middle East
Samuels
McHenry
Jerusalem
NATO
Yasir Arafat
Last public guillotine execution in Versailles 1939
United Press International notes the last public guillotine execution occurred for Eugen Weidmann in Versailles France on June 27 1939 before a large crowd.
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United Press International
Eugen Weidmann
Versailles
France
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