Get ready for some surprises the nest time you visit the historic Provo Tabernacle, now closed for renovation. First off, a striking new interior paint job is sure to grab your attention. It’s aimed at restoring the tabernacle’s original colors and decorative style. A contrast from the blend of whites and pastel greens of recent… Continue reading Tabernacle Real Eye-Grabber With New Paint
Year: 1982
Herald Staffers Salute UPI
Staffers of the Daily Herald (and readers too) have reason to share the nostalgia of United Press International’s 15th anniversary observance now in progress. The Herald, you see has been a client newspaper of that agency nearly 58 years. UPI’s world-wide wire news network transmits domestic and global news and pictures to augment our local… Continue reading Herald Staffers Salute UPI
‘Tiny’ American Flags ‘Giant’ Support For POWs
By N. LA VERL CHRISTENSEN Scripps League Newspapers In their dark days as prisoners of war in Vietnam, four American Air Force and Navy officers – cellmates at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” POW camp – decided to conduct a Sunday church service in the hope this would boost morale. Navy Pilot Mike McGrath of Delta,… Continue reading ‘Tiny’ American Flags ‘Giant’ Support For POWs
Be Proud Of Noble Turkey
Congressmen, whether hawks or doves, should be proud as peacocks of that noble American bird, the turkey. Thus advised Rep. Peter W. Rodino, D.N. J. during the recent budget debate as, with tongue in cheek, he scorned the language of a colleague who branded eight budget statute proposals as “‘Turkeys.” Rodino conceded the proposals were… Continue reading Be Proud Of Noble Turkey
Eagle Bicentennial Approaches
There’s an eagle in your life and you have a current opportunity to get better-acquainted with it. We refer to the American bald eagle and the bicentennial of its selection as national bird by the Continental Congress June 20 1782. This being the 200th anniversary, it’s appropriate that Congress and the President have designated the 20th of June 1982 as… Continue reading Eagle Bicentennial Approaches
Guardians of our peace and freedom
“Not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions … but …. there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.” We in America could well apply these words of tribute, uttered by Pericles 24 centuries ago, as we commemorate Memorial Day 1982 and reflect on… Continue reading Guardians of our peace and freedom
Book Recalls Earhart Tragedy
Amelia Earhart’s ill-fated round-the-world flight attempt in 1937 and the long, fruitless search for her and her navigator has one of the most extensively-covered news stories of that era. Tragic and still a mystery to a considerable extent, that episode and Earhart’s many successful exploits will be remembered this week, 50th anniversary of the solo trans-Atlantic flight of… Continue reading Book Recalls Earhart Tragedy
Anti-Drunk Driving Drive Grows
Momentum is growing for a nation-wide campaign against drunken driving. President Reagan’s formation of a presidential commission sharpened the focus, but other initiatives also seek action to combat drunken driving as a serious hazard to public health and safety. Reagan’s action followed a petition to him initiated by Reps, Jim Hansen, R-Utah and Michael D.… Continue reading Anti-Drunk Driving Drive Grows
‘Shot Heard Round the World’
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. These words by Ralph Waldo Emerson were part of a hymn sung July 4, 1837, at completion of the “Battle Monument” at Concord, Mass. They have significance… Continue reading ‘Shot Heard Round the World’
A Good Way to Help the Elderly
Congress should act quickly to correct a glaring injustice in the Medicare and Medicaid programs where bureaucratic process has frustrated purpose. Unless things have changed greatly in recent weeks, the intent of Medicare and Medicaid is to provide high-quality health care to the needy and the elderly at the least possible cost to the taxpayers.… Continue reading A Good Way to Help the Elderly