Call for a national intelligence director to lead all agencies
York Pa Daily Record argues for a cabinet level intelligence chief to coordinate CIA FBI and Defense Dept efforts, grant budgetary control and hiring power, and force interagency cooperation to identify and stop terrorists before targets are hit.
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Richard Clarke
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Daily Record
Colorado Proposal Would Split Electoral Votes
Colorado voters may decide this November whether to adopt a proportional electoral system. Make Your Vote Count seeks a ballot measure that would award Colorado’s nine electoral votes in proportion to the statewide popular vote, a change Gov. Owens opposes as it could benefit Kerry and shift focus to larger states.
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Colorado
Bill Owens
John Kerry
California
Texas
New York
Florida
The
Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction
Colo
Heinz Kerry hecklers spark backlash at campaign rally
Teresa Heinz Kerry faced a chorus of pro Bush shouts that interrupted her rally remarks. She responded Four more years of hell drawing Republican and media backlash while many defend her restraint amid rude behavior on the campaign trail.
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Teresa Heinz Kerry
Heinz Kerry
John Kerry
America
Baytown Sun editorial board invites community input
The Baytown Sun invites letters and guest columns on public issues. Submit original signed pieces up to 300 words or up to 500 words with a photo, plus return contact details not for publication. Submissions go to Wanda Gamer Cash or David Bloom, Baytown, Texas.
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David Bloom
Wanda Gamer Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
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Mary Baker Eddy Foundress of Christian Science
The 19th century reform era made Mary Baker Eddy a prominent religious figure. After dire finances and illness, she founded Christian Science, wrote Science and Health, and died wealthy in 1910 with an estate over 2 million dollars. Her movement emphasizes prayer over medical treatment for healing.
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Mary Baker
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
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Donald Meyer
UCLA
Daniel Patterson
Ahlstrom
Biographical Dictionary
Mary
Phineas Quimby
Quimby
This Day in History Highlights Aug 14 events
On this date in history, notable events include the 1848 Oregon Territory establishment, 1917 China declaring war on Germany, 1935 Social Security Act law, 1945 Truman declaring Japan's surrender, 1951 Hearst's death, 1962 a Boston-area mail heist, and Woodstock ninety-four remembered as a mudbath plus notable passings Lane Kirkland and Pee Wee Reese.
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Canada
Oregon Territory
China
Germany
Austria
Truman
Japan
Pakistan
William Randolph Hearst
Beverly Hills
Calif
Plymouth
Mass
Northern Ireland
Cambodia
Woodstock
Saugerties
N.Y
Carbondale
George W. Bush
Iowa
Afl-Cio
Lane Kirkland
Pee Wee Reese
Education would solve the problem
Peter Stern argues that public education financing is flawed and proposes privatization and deregulation as a solution. He criticizes state control over curriculum and testing, calls for removing the state as middleman, and suggests letting parents pay for private schooling while noting outsourcing and future value of education.
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Goting
Judy
Peter Stern
Driftwood
Baytown Officials and Local Developments Across Decades
Chronology of Baytown area governance and projects from 1944 to 2000. Includes Winfree’s 1944 county judge appointment, 1950 Cedar Bayou school tax plan, 1952 Baytown telephone rate vote, 1975 emergency sewer repair funding, 1990 I 10 freeway designation effort, and 2000 Pinehurst property appraisals by Harris and Chambers counties.
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Mont Belvieu
Chambers
Guy Cade Jackson
Commission
Chambers-Liberty Navigation District
R.W. Akridge
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
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