Hope of Heaven The Theological Moment of Christian Faith
The piece surveys a rising Christian theological movement called the theology of hope. It frames hope as the central aim of faith from Noah to Christ and notes modern doubts. Leading scholars like Braaten Moltmann and Pannenberg warn that losing this horizon would erode faith, urging a reinvigoration of utopian Christian vision.
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Carl E. Braaten
Jurgen Moltmann
Wolfhart Pannenberg
Jesus
Christopher Mooney
New York
Woodstock College
Louis Dupre
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Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania midweek warmth
Partly sunny mild Wednesday with mid to upper 40s. Lows in mid to upper 20s after increasing clouds. Thursday turns mild with showers or thundershowers likely and highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Winds light and variable. Precipitation chance 10 percent Wednesday and 20 percent Wednesday night.
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Shapp Announces Revenue Sharing Budget and Court Order
The PLRB directs Somerset County to reinstate Marie Young at the Somerset County Home for the Aged with back pay about 3500 dollars. Young, hired as a nurse aide in 1965, went on leave January 15 1971 and was not recalled. the order requires action on hours and bans activity favoring any employee group.
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PLRB
Somerset County Commissioners
Somerset County
Berlin
Marie Young
Young
Etta Black
Ellis
Lloyd Ellis
Black
Union Ac
Shapp Unveils No-Tax-Increase State Budget Plan
Governor Shapp pledges a $6.05 billion fiscal year budget starting July 1 with no new taxes. He cites a $19 million expected surplus and higher income tax receipts for 1972-73 to fund increased spending, including a $73 million revenue sharing proposal to cover county court, mental health, child welfare, and prisoner transfers to state facilities. The plan shifts major funds to education and health while expanding public assistance and state employee salaries, with transportation totaling about $1.07 billion.
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Washington
Shapp
Harrisburg
Lion
General Fund
Highlights of Shapp Budget Address in Harrisburg
Gov. Shapp outlines a 6.052 billion 7.3 percent budget rise citing savings of over 300 million from department cuts and a 73 million increase in revenue sharing to 67 counties. He argues no new taxes next year and advocates replacing the flat 2.3 percent income tax with a graduated system while noting corporate net income tax relief and ongoing sales tax relief for utilities and consumer items.
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Harrisburg
Shapp
Pennsylvania
Economic Outlook Scrambled As Trade Deficit Skyrockets
The United States posted its second largest monthly trade deficit on record in February at 597.6 million dollars as imports outweighed exports. Leading economic indicators rose slightly by 0.5 percent, while wage and price inflation remained a concern for policymakers.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Ex-Banker C H Schrock Dead At 71 In Somerset
Clarence H. Schrock 71 longtime Somerset bank manager died Tuesday at Somerset Community Hospital. A 1919 Somerset High School grad he began banking in 1921 and joined the U S National Bank of Johnstown in 1961 as branch manager and assistant vice president. Burial services set for Friday at 10 a.m. at St Peters Catholic Church.
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Somerset
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People’s National Bank of Somerset
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Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Past Budget Comparisons for Gov Shapp Proposals 1972-73
Gov. Shapp's proposed general fund budget for 1972 73 shows a $3.645 billion figure, a 138 percent rise from the prior year. The history includes 1971 72 appropriated at $3.202 billion, 191 percent higher. 1970 71 actual at $2.693 billion, up 10 percent. 1969 70 actual at $2.449 billion, up 24.8 percent. 1968 69 actual at $1.963 billion, up 14.9 percent. and 1967 68 actual at $1.709 billion.
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Harrisburg
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