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It certainly must have raised lots of eyebrows in Uniontown on Feb. 18, 1952, when the readers of the Evening Standard learned that “Uniontown (is) Going To (the) Dogs.”That was according to UniontownĢƵ Police Chief Alfred W. Davis, who was fed up with all of the stray dogs that had begun ...

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I’m always pleasantly surprised when I research one of these columns, and I discover facts that I’d never considered.While we see paid television services like Netflix as being the latest in the marriage of high-tech TV and telephone technologies, itĢƵ really been more than 60 years that ...

Coca Cola ad stirs controvesy

Well, Coca Cola has gone and done it. ItĢƵ managed to tick-off that fragile segment of the America that can’t stand to hear people from all over the world sing.It didn’t used to be that way.Back in 1971, it wowed much of America with that catchy, multicultural ditty -- “I’d Like to ...

WhatĢƵ a Kommandant-in-Chef?

President Obama has gone too far (they say). They claim heĢƵ become a “Kommandant-in-chef.” (Whatever that is.) That they, by the way, is a group of Republicans who seem to have something against higher wages for workers under government contracts.During last weekĢƵ State of the Union ...

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ThereĢƵ a popular theory known as “Six Degrees of Separation,” thatĢƵ rooted in scientific study, and has been the basis for a number of entertainment vehicles. (The 1993 movie by that name, which starred Will Smith, Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing, is just one of a half dozen ...

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With the Super Bowl game fast approaching, it might be of interest to note that one man, who helped lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to four of their six Super Bowl wins – “Mean” Joe Greene – made a greatly appreciated appearance in Uniontown in October of 1975.He’d apparently left the ...