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Millions of dollars worth of artifacts and art objects are stolen from museums each year in the United States – and the public is the big loser. When a valuable item vanishes, a piece of history is gone. This is in addition to its intrinsic value. Exact values are hard to establish but in 1978… Continue reading Thieves Steal Museum Items

It hashbeen called “the natlon’sT’memory.” It pre1 serves and makes available for research historically valuable records of the federal goverment. Three billion ‘ documents, beginning with papers of the Continental Congress. are entrusted to i its carej = . 3 – x — Such lsitbe National Archlves – a half-century old I thls month –… Continue reading 4′ /L//ja
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President Reagan’s vow to “make the skies safer” and work to ease the nuclear war threat “hanging over manklnd” puts the civilized world’s challenge in proper perspective in the wake of Soviet destruction of a South Korean jetliner over the northem Japan Sea, killing $9 persons aboard. The President also called for justice in reparations… Continue reading U.S. Goal: Make Skies Safer

Only a few historic buildings in Provo give a hint of what life in Provo must have looked like in earlier years. An examination in the archives shows a town tl1at fits the image of wholesome Americana – an era that seems simple compared to the high technology society of today. N. LaVerl Christensen, editor… Continue reading Looking Bock Af Young Provo

Rep. William E. Dannemeyer has charged in Congress that the Federal Goverment “continues to promote the theory of evolution as the sole explanation of man’s origins on Earth to the exclusion of the theory of creation.” This occurs, the California Republican says, through diverse avenues ranging from federal funding of exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution… Continue reading WLgt Qreation Tale Be Taught

By N. LA VER!. CHRISTENSEN Editor Emeritus If you’re new in Provo you might wonder about the brick smokestack near the heart of the city with ”Ashton’s Chevrolet Buick” inscribed in larger vertical letters. The smokeless stack is a vestige from the historic Woolen Mills. once Prnvo’s largest indusv try which operated for 60 years… Continue reading d;Asiiit5HMiT$WElt’ Hus cs Long, Distinguished History

John Ayer, who braved a menacing mob in Florida to rescue a 19-year-old girl, insists he isn’t a hero. But judging by the praise heaped upon him, he’ll do until a better one comes along. How different is his story from recent accounts 0f people who stood by, refusing to “get involved” in helping to… Continue reading We Need Heroes Like Ayer

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An associate professor of psychology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University gave Americans something to think about when she charged in a speech that cheating is epidemic, a moral dilemma in this country. The “blatant dishonesty” portrayed by Dr. Hattye Liston reaches into many segments of society and costs billions of dollars each… Continue reading Cheating We-ukens the U.S.