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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1979
Page
4
Editorial recalls past disposal myths from open dumps to Love Canal lessons. It warns that storing spent plutonium or dumping on Palmyra Island risks massive ecological and security harm, urging safer long term solutions despite energy needs and geopolitical pressures.
At Miami International Airport a government inspector confiscated a small bag of coffee berries collected by a school teacher. The incident underscores wildlife control efforts and import restrictions affecting passengers and hobbyists.
The piece ties a USPS case to New Castle News operations and explains home delivery pricing, subscriptions, and post rates. It discusses newspaper staff roles and management at The News Company Corporation, along with service details for Lawrence County and New Castle PA. The second item covers APHIS port inspections and fruit fly interceptions at US borders, citing inspector counts, baggage checks, and travel data, with a note on cost per citizen.
The author recalls a 45 second ring encounter invited by Lawrence County Warden Joe Gregg at the State Correctional Institution Mercer. Prisoners from several facilities attended, initially reserved, then grew animated as bouts continued, with some fighters proving entertaining.
Len Kolasinski recalls a Mercer prison boxing program started by William Robinson that offers therapy and discipline, noting a fighter’s first ring appearance met with roaring support. He describes a later knockout victory, the facility’s modern guardhouses, and compares New Castle’s prison to a dungeon while reflecting on Muhammad Ali’s earnings and his own trophy duty.
A long term study tracked 142 people from age 30 to 70 over forty years and found that zest for life, usefulness, and attitude often remain similar. Those with high spirits at 30 stay engaged at 70, while those with fears and inactivity at 30 tend to persist in the same patterns, suggesting aging mostly extends current traits rather than erasing them.
The piece argues that technological progress comes from a restless mind and that impatience with drudge work fuels innovation. It reflects on a Stamford Connecticut gas station scene with 52 cars queued and predicts similar highway delays may recur, tying frustration to growth and efficiency.
William F Buckley Jr suggests a plastic card system for gas stations to manage wait times during shortages. Cars receive numbered cards and stations display service progress, with dynamic updates and signs indicating when fuel reserves will cap service. The plan aims to quell public anxiety and temper tensions more effectively than ads.
A public service piece explains how the Fourth Amendment protects the area adjacent to a home, including fenced yards or attached garages, while distinguishing open fields beyond the private zone. It notes that warrants justify searches and that reasonable searches remain allowed, with examples from court rulings and a bar associations' collaboration.
A poem questions the cost of peace and the human cost of war. The author laments leaders funding violence with money and lives, asking where compassion, faith, and love fit in. The verse condemns profit nations and asks where mankind’s heart truly lies.
Dear reader asks if Christians must never judge. The reply distinguishes a prideful harsh judgment from needed discernment, citing Matthew 7 1 2 Romans 3 10 and 1 John 4 1 and noting warnings against false doctrine in Colossians Galatians and 2 Peter while urging grace and truth in practice.
The heaviest woman ever recorded, Mrs. Percy Pearl Won, died in Milwaukee weighing an estimated 880 pounds though exact weight could not be confirmed because hospital scales topped at 800 pounds.
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