%%%	Matthew Allen
%%%	January 14, 2007
%%%
%%%	This package provides a newspaper style heading
%%%	for the standard Article class.  The default plain
%%%	page style is redefined to accomodate headings 
%%%	at the top of all subsequent pages.
%%%
%%%	a good idea to use with this package is
%%%	the multicols package and the picinpar package
%%%
%%%	

%******* 	Identification   *****
\ProvidesPackage{newspaper}
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}

%******* 	Declaration of options *****

% no options at this time

%******* 	Execution of options   *****

%****** 	Package Loading   *****
\RequirePackage{yfonts}  % used for the paper title font

%******		main code *****

%define font for page title
\DeclareFontFamily{LYG}{bigygoth}{}
\DeclareFontShape{LYG}{bigygoth}{m}{n}{<->s*[2.5]ygoth}{}

%%%%%%%%%%% Define Text Dimensions  %%%%%%%

\setlength\topmargin{-48pt} 		% article default = -58pt
\setlength\headheight{0pt}  		% article default = 12pt
\setlength\headsep{34pt}		% article default = 25pt
\setlength\marginparwidth{-20pt}	% article default = 121pt
\setlength\textwidth{7.0in}		% article default = 418pt
\setlength\textheight{9.5in}		% article default = 296pt
\setlength\oddsidemargin{-30pt}

%%%% counters for volume and number %%%%

\newcounter{volume}
\newcommand\currentvolume[1]{\setcounter{volume}{#1}}
\newcounter{issue}
\newcommand\currentissue[1]{\setcounter{issue}{#1}}

%%%% set internal variables %%%%

\def\@papername{Committee Times:}
\def\@headername{Committee Times}   % because of the yfonts you may need both papername and headername
\def\@paperlocation{Washington DC}
\def\@paperslogan{``All the News I Feel Like Printing.''}
\def\@paperprice{Zero Dollars}

\newcommand\SetPaperName[1]{%
	\def\@papername{#1}}
\newcommand\SetHeaderName[1]{%
	\def\@headername{#1}}
\newcommand\SetPaperLocation[1]{%
	\def\@paperlocation{#1}}
\newcommand\SetPaperSlogan[1]{%
	\def\@paperslogan{#1}}
\newcommand\SetPaperPrice[1]{%
	\def\@paperprice{#1}}


%%%%%%%%%%% Redefine \maketitle     %%%%%%%

\renewcommand{\maketitle}{\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{-40pt}
\begin{center}
{\setlength\fboxsep{3mm}\raisebox{12pt}{\framebox[1.2\width]{\parbox[c]{1.15in}{\begin{center}\small \@paperslogan\end{center}}}}}\hfill%
{\textgoth{\huge\usefont{LYG}{bigygoth}{m}{n} \@papername}}\hfill%	
\raisebox{12pt}{\textbf{\footnotesize \@paperlocation}}\\
\vspace*{0.1in}
\rule[0pt]{\textwidth}{0.5pt}\\
{\small VOL.\MakeUppercase{\roman{volume}}\ldots No.\arabic{issue}} \hfill \MakeUppercase{\small\it\@date} \hfill {\small\MakeUppercase{\@paperprice}}\\
\rule[6pt]{\textwidth}{1.2pt}
\end{center}
\pagestyle{plain}
}

%%%%%%%   redefine plain page style  %%%%%%%
\renewcommand{\ps@plain}{%
		\renewcommand\@oddfoot{}%					% empty recto footer
		\let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot						% empty verso footer
		\renewcommand\@evenhead
			{\parbox{\textwidth}{\vspace*{4pt}
			{\small VOL.\MakeUppercase{\roman{volume}}\ldots No.\arabic{issue}}\hfill\normalfont\textbf{\@headername}\quad\MakeUppercase{\it\@date}\hfill\textrm{\thepage}\\
			\rule{\textwidth}{0.5pt}
			\vspace*{12pt}}}%
		\let\@oddhead\@evenhead}
		

%%%%%%%%%%%  Headline (with byline) command  %%%%%%%%%

\newcommand\headline[1]{\begin{center} #1\\ %
			\rule[3pt]{0.4\hsize}{0.5pt}\\ \end{center} \par}
\newcommand\byline[2]{\begin{center} #1 \\%
			{\footnotesize\bf By \MakeUppercase{#2}} \\ %
			\rule[3pt]{0.4\hsize}{0.5pt}\\ \end{center} \par}
\newcommand\closearticle{{\begin{center}\rule[6pt]{\hsize}{1pt}\vspace*{-16pt}
			\rule{\hsize}{0.5pt}\end{center}}}



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