Auto theft rise and chop shops threaten car owners
The piece notes 1.1 million auto thefts nationwide last year, an 11 percent rise, with seven cars stolen in Lawrence County in eight days. It warns teens and unlocked vehicles, and explains chop shops as a lucrative crime fueled by organized crime, urging motorists to lock doors and take keys to avoid higher insurance costs.
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United States
National Automobile Theft Bureau
Lawrence County
New Castle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
William H. Webster
FBI
Hypnosis in Crime Solving Faces Legal Caution
The piece discusses police use of hypnotism to aid investigations, noting growing use but varying credibility in court. It cites FBI cases, experts like Martin Orne and Martin Reiser, and pending or recent court battles in Indiana, Minnesota, and potential U.S. Supreme Court review.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Vernon E. Jordan Jr
Science Magazine
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Martin Reiser
Los Angeles
Police Department
Martin Orne
University of Pennsylvania
Indiana Supreme Court
Ome
Minnesota Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Orne
Primary reform debate follows recent party primaries
The piece reflects relief and re-evaluation after 37 primaries completed, noting five month length and questions about effectiveness. It traces agitation back to 1912 with Roosevelt, Taft, and Taft era reform ideas. Proposals include nationwide or regional primaries with standardized dates, while the public remains less concerned than professionals.
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Theodore Rooosevelt
William Howard Taft
Eternal Perspective Emphasized in Biblical Thought
A devotional excerpt notes Romans 8:6 on mindsets, contrasting fleshly death with spiritual life and peace, and reflects that God sets life priorities toward eternity rather than partial focuses. It argues people stress limited aspects of life while divine view encompasses all.
Fresco from Isle of Thera Depicts Early Boxing Gloves
United Press International Fresco from the Isle of Thera in Greece dated 1520 B C shows boxing with gloves, offering the earliest known reference to pugilism and its ancient origins.
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United Press International
Isle of Thera
Greece
B.C
Fat City Waste: Lambro Book on U S Government Spending
Editor notes Richard L. Lesher reviews Donald Lambro's Fat City detailing $100 billion yearly waste in federal programs. The piece argues media underreport waste, cites examples from Capitol extras to retired military groceries, and criticizes oversight and Carter administration reforms.
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Donald Lambro
United Press International
Washington
Lambro
Chamber
Capitol
Congress
Carter
Gerald Ford
Mr. Lambro
Lessons From Defeat And Thoughtful Social Critique
The author argues winning is overrated and defeat teaches insight as with Napoleon before Waterloo. They stress that history should train thinking across subjects and condemn hollow social snobbery. The piece also questions the credibility of diplomats invoking international law and muses on improvements versus prior quality.
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Waterloo
Strictly Personal Reflections on Remorse and Society
The passage satirically critiques judgments of criminals and remorse, notes shifting gender dress norms, laments widespread folly as one ages, questions public versus mass definitions, and observes economic pressures eroding loyal professions like family law and medical care as specialization grows, invoking Job’s faith amid suffering.
Tax Hike Sparks Townspeople Rant Over County Pay
The letter denounces a $6,000 raise for county commissioners while residents face a 50 percent tax hike. It argues $3,200 a year is below national minimum wage and questions paying for courthouse pot project, noting impacts on seniors on Social Security and utilities. It likens the tax to bloodsucking vampires.
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the News
Lawrence County
Jim Smith Society Holds Annual Convention in New Hampshire
Jim Smith of Camp Hill Pa founded the Jim Smith Society in 1969 to safeguard the common name. The organization now has 653 members who gathered at Wentworth by the Sea in New Hampshire, a resort owned by Jim Smith, who keeps member records by hometown as a middle name cue.
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Jim Smith Society
Camp Hill
Wentworth-by-the-Sea
N.H
Jim Smith
Jim Smiths
FDA lag critique sparks drug access debate in Reason feature
Reason Magazine accuses the FDA of blocking drugs with proven foreign track records. It cites cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives used overseas for ulcers and bleeding, plus alprenol and valproate denial in the United States, arguing bureaucratic rigidity harms patients awaiting proven medicines.
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United States
James Scheuer
New York
Wayne Pines
Food and Drug Administration
Robert Poole, Jr
Reason Magazine
Poole
Reason Foundation
Investigative Journalism Fund
FDA
Vietnam
The
Reason
Gerald Shklar
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Congress
Sweden
Britain
Court of Appeals
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Leonard T. Kolosnik
Jack W. Bartholic
Bell Telephone
Advertising and Credit Manager Exchange
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News Co
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Chamber of Commerce of the
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Chamfort
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God
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