County Eyes Jail Expansion To Ease Overcrowding In Potter
County officials say no easy fix to jail overcrowding after a second noncompliance notice from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Commissioners approve buying land next to the jail and adding 14 staff to expand pods and meet state bed space demands, including female inmate capacity, with potential tax impact.
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Texas Commission On Jail Standards
Potter County
Jine
Arthur Ware
Joe Morris
Sheriff's Department
Austin
TCJS
Ware
Hillary Clinton steals the show at Los Angeles DNC
The convention becomes a Hillary Clinton showcase as Bill and Hillary dominate speeches and fundraising chatter while Al Gore waits his turn. Her NY Senate bid gains momentum with a lavish Hollywood presence and a reported four million dollar weekend surge in donations.
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Prise
al Gore
Los Angeles
Gore
Bill
Hillary Clinton
New York Senate
Midwest
Rick Lazio
R-N.y
Hillary
Hollywood
Will Gore
New York
GOP
Lazio
Editorial Policy Notes From Amarillo Daily News Page
The Amarillo Daily News outlines that left side editorials reflect the newspaper's editorial board and that other columns represent individual writers. It clarifies that opinion pieces may not mirror the paper’s official stance and distinguishes between institutional positions and personal viewpoints.
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Amarillo Daily News
Colum
Nists
Verse of the Day Reflects on Greed and Self-Indulgence
A daily devotional line centers on inner flaws, warning that outward piety hides greed and self indulgence. The terse verse contrasts moral rhetoric with real behavior, urging humility and restraint.
School suspends boy for sexual harassment over nude window shout
In Canton Ohio a 6 year old was suspended after shouting at a school bus while nude from a bathtub window. His mother says he missed a doctor's appointment and the action was misinterpreted. The case sparked debate on school discipline and age appropriate conduct.
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Washington
Canton
Ohio
Seth Shaw
Fort Worth
Shaw
Thomas Lake
Minnesota
Ingvar
Sweden
Germany
Australia
Jasper Gerard
the Spectator
Stockholm
Yola
Vio
Confounding Public Poor History Knowledge From Elite Colleges
A conservative study tested 556 seniors at Harvard Princeton Brown and other top schools on 34 history questions. The average score was 53 percent with only one perfect. It notes that none of the schools require American history for graduation and warns that this underlines a national decline in informed citizenship and democratic participation. The piece laments the dumbing down of America and stresses the need for basic historical literacy among future leaders.
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Washington
Harvard
Princeton
Brown
Yorktown
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grat
Douglas MacArthur
George Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Snoop
America
Clinton confession a spectacle in public eye
Paul Greenberg critiques Bill Clinton’s televised confession before ministers, calling it an intrusive display of private matters aired for public judgment. He argues the episode treats soulcraft as statecraft, leaving readers unsettled and questioning the propriety of judging the president’s private conduct publicly.
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Bill Clinton
Paul Greenberg
The
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Sue Finch
Stockport College
Manchester
England
Walsall
John
Donald Kaul
Matthew
Clinton
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Ark
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State of
Arkansas
U. S. Senate
Richard Nixon
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