Editorial: Public funds and happiness in a pricey year
An editorial notes that after a proposed 10 percent tax surcharge and a $6 billion spending cut, the 1908 federal deficit may reach about $25 billion. It criticizes wasteful projects such as a $242000 health service study in Puerto Rico on happiness, urging wiser budgeting and focus on real needs.
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Congress
Clarkton
N.C
Times
United States Public Health Service
Puerto Rico
the Times
United States
Rockwell Sees Space Tech Benefits Across Sectors
Willard F. Rockwell Jr. urged engineers and students to view aerospace as a driver of public services. He outlined nine fields including environment, information systems, logistics, medicine, and urban affairs, noting his firm already works in eight. He cited lunar food via photosynthesis and a pilot plant reconditioning sewage water while turning waste into poultry mash.
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Willard F. Rockwell Jr
Rockwell
Earth
Gun Control Debate Cited by West Coast Columnist
Grover Cleveland quotes frame a balanced view on gun regulation, arguing for moderate controls while upholding the right to protect home and family. The message urges strict penalties for crime and cautions against overbearing taxation, stressing law and order in a free society.
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Harter
West Coast
Dream People and the Gorgeous Blonde on the Ocean Voyage
An editor muses on ships and dream people as tourists from Abilene to Mobile chase romance on ocean liner journeys. He recalls glamorous passengers, a German actress, a misdirected English worker, and the irony of beauty behind travel brochures and public rooms.
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Europe
Ghorls
Abilene
Winnie
Gina
Ingrid
Princess Grace
Alec
Jackie
Whitl
Hollywood
Cherbourg
Lars
Mobile
Spanish Main
Oat
LaGuaira
Newfoundland
New York
Dallas
Kenedy Airport
London
Charlie
Gen. Fea, Corp
Successful Investing advice from SEANS and ROEBUCK profits
Letters discuss growing a stock portfolio after Sears Roebuck profit sharing, advising liquidity first, then cautious stock purchases. One reader aged 80 considers holding dividend income. another notes market risks and potential higher yields with time. Includes a note about Roger Spear’s guide and a Constitution preamble.
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Roebuck
Sears
Séars
Savings Bank
Roger Spear
Roger E. Spear
The
Anderson Herald
Frie Central State
New York
Worry Clinic clash over India aid and sacred cattle
Dr. George W. Crane recounts a Hoosier bishop berating his column after Crane cited estimates of sacred cattle and rats consuming India's grain. He argues Americans fund missions but debate food aid versus religious taboos, urging practical Christianity and thrift.
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India
Jesus
Hoosier College
Colwit
America
Kansas Grain Journal
Indiana
Issae
Christ
Yye
Communal Voices on Words and Campus Leadership
Leaders at city and university levels discuss communication politics and student involvement. Edward H Weiss of a Chicago agency warns of “communication pollution” and urges fewer words while President William E Kersletter of Dev Pauw University notes students’ insights are limited by time and authority, stressing direct in person engagement. An American saying round out the piece, defining a tourist as someone who travels 5000 miles for a photo.
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Edward H. Weiss
Chicago
Dallas
Weiss
William E
Kersletter
Dev Pauw University
Var
Foreign language study in colleges needs stronger support
A Nebraska reader argues that foreign language study declines in colleges and graduate schools. He cites a medical college dropping language requirements and high schools offering limited German Spanish French. He warns that without language training doctors researchers and travelers face hardship and that liberal education requires exposure to other cultures and literatures to understand foreign policy and global perspectives.
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United States
Nebraska
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
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