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It was 50 years ago this month that it was reported that 4,000 Boy Scouts had descended on the Fayette County Fairgrounds as part of a mammoth camporee.On the front page of the June 6, 1964 edition of the Uniontown Morning Herald that a “Scout City” housed a three day-long event that was ...

Gov. PerryĢƵ ‘lifesyle” dilemma

Texas Gov. Rick PerryĢƵ at it again. You have to wonder if he’ll come down with foot-and-mouth disease, all of the times heĢƵ stuck his foot in his mouth.Oh, wait. I just checked, and medical scientists say only cloven-hoofed animals can contract foot-and-mouth disease. And one thing I do ...

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There are times when I come across answers to questions I never really pondered.My usual reply is, “Oh, yeah. That makes sense. I never really thought of that before.”The Uniontown Evening Standard printed an article on its sports pages 72 years ago today, that, at first, didn’t strike me ...

Another headache for Republicans

Well, it looks like the Republican Party has a lot of second-guessing to do. VirginiaĢƵ 7th District, seven-term House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, is now heading for the unemployment line come next January.Gee, I wonder if he’ll try to extend those long-term unemployment benefits before ...

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In the “My, How Things Have Changed,” category (something I just made up on the fly), I’ve found a few old newspaper items that would seem mighty odd if they were printed today.On June 7, 1941, was an advertisement for the movie “The Great American Broadcast” that used the phrase ...

LetĢƵ impeach Charles Krauthammer

Fox News has a brand-new enemy -– beards.According to one of the co-hosts of the oft fact bereft Fox & Friends -– Brian Kilmeade -– Sgt. Bowe BergdahlĢƵ father, Robert, has a beard that makes him appear to be a Taliban sympathizer.“I mean, he says he was growing his beard ...