Editorial weighs smoker rights vs public health action
A newspaper editorial discusses government limits on personal freedom for safety. It cites 55 mph limits and seat belt laws, recalls helmet mandates, and cites Dr. Everett Koop’s 18th Surgeon General report urging measures to curb passive smoking and protect public health amid about 300,000 annual deaths.
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Arms dealer on trial over alleged illegal Poland arms deal
Solomon Schwartz and three others, plus HLB Security Electronics Ltd, face New York trial early next year over a plan to sell automatic rifles and ammunition to Poland to fund a wider exchange for two Soviet T 72 tanks and SAM 7 missiles. U S intelligence denies approval of any illegal sale.
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Thatcher faces new British elections over US ties
London reports Britain's political scene may force a national vote before summer. Thatcher seeks to lock in support for Reagan era policy, while Labour's Neil Kinnock positions to de-emphasize nuclear arms and press domestic reform amid polls showing Tory lag.
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Baytown Memories Span Decades From Local Achievements
A Sunfiles page recalls past district highlights from 55 years ago with Emory Williamson winning a $40 perfect attendance prize at Goose Creek Volunteer Fire Department drills and Edna Bethe and others placing in furnishing room rearrangement contests. Additional notes mention 20 and 4 year-ago events, including Lee College changes and campus beauty recognitions, interwoven with local civic updates and a payroll check forgery warning.
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T.L. Culpepper Furniture Co
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Kiwanis Club
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First Baptist Church
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Goose Creek Junior College
Richard Straban
Goose Creek
Sharon Francis
University of Texas
B.M. Francis
Travis
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Nancy Haney
Chery Boehme
Joanne Zeglin
Melinda Dunning
Barbara Simpson
Teresa Woolsey
Blair Mann
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This Day In History December 23 1986 Highlights
In 1823 the poem A Visit from St Nicholas published anonymously in Troy NY. Washington resigned as commander-in-chief in 1783 and retired to Mount Vernon. District of Columbia area ceded in 1788. Born 1905 Joseph Smith Jr. Mormon founder. Wilson signed Federal Reserve Act in 1913. NBC network formed in 1928. Wake Island surrendered in 1941. Tojo executed in 1948. Johnson met Pope Paul VI in 1967. CIA chief Richard Welch killed in 1975.
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Bible verse about refuge and protection in Deuteronomy
A biblical quotation from Deuteronomy 33 27 declaring that the eternal God is a refuge and will expel enemies, with the message that God's arms uphold and defend.
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