It was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Evening Standard on Sept. 9, 1943 (70 years ago, today), that allied forces were in the midst of toppling the regime of Italy鈥檚 Benito Mussolini. The Italian government had announced its unconditional surrender. It was reported as American ...
I get a snicker every time I hear somebody talk about how 鈥渓iberal鈥� California is. That鈥檚 the same state that gave us such notable 鈥渓iberals鈥� as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and that current White House irritant, Darrell Issa.It鈥檚 the state that became the first in the country to ...
In September 1928, 50,000 people were expected to 鈥渋nvade Uniontown鈥� for the Junior Order of United American Mechanics parade. The Sept. 12, 1928, edition of the Uniontown Daily News Standard reported that there would be as many as 10,000 marchers who would take part in the event, which ...
For the better part of a decade, I鈥檝e written (my estimate) 448 political and non-political columns that have filled this space. I鈥檓 sure nobody does a word count, but each of those columns contains exactly 700 words.I鈥檓 guessing I鈥檝e used 316,600 words that could never confuse anybody ...
While there鈥檚 probably a good bit of truth about that old saw, 鈥淭he more things change, the more they stay the same,鈥� I鈥檇 never given it much thought until I began looking back at old newspapers.Things have certainly 鈥渃hanged鈥� since the early years of the 20th century, when there ...
It looked like a great time the members of the 1972 Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins were having with President Barack Obama last week. Too bad three members of that team decided they had better things to do that day.NFL Hall of Famer Jim Langer, the center on that undefeated team, told a ...