Editorial: Broken buoy crux in court ruling
A Massachusetts federal judge held NOAA liable for three lobstermen deaths after ruling poor buoy maintenance and a delayed repair missed predicting a heavy sea storm off Cape Cod Georges Bank. The $3.2 million suit by relatives cites negligent weather service equipment as a factor in the 1980 disappearance and calls for higher court review.
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Washington Monument: a century of modern simplicity
The Washington Monument, now 100 years old, blends Egyptian inspired form with modern minimalism. Early plans floated a colossal Doric Pantheon and statue, but financial limits and cooler heads led to the unadorned obelisk, once the world’s tallest, finished over a long project span near its original budget.
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Pork barrel politics and waste under Reagan era policy
Jack Anderson argues Congress favors pork barrelling over deficit reduction, noting White House polls and Grace Commission findings support cutting waste. He cites food stamp abuses, bureaucratic resistance, and subsidies to the rich, urging discipline and reform rather than tax increases.
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Middle America
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Robert Dole
R-Kan
Senate
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United Feature Syndicate
Omanizes Expat Workforce Reshapes Oman Power Structure
Don Graff notes a shift as Maj. Gen. Naseed bin Hamad bin Sultan Ruwaihi takes top command, replacing Lt. Gen. John Watts. Expatriates, numbering about 150,000, fill many government roles from military to teaching, hotels, and industry, with reforms narrowing reliance and expanding Omanization plans, including a 1986 university opening to train skilled workers.
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Oman
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Authority For Water Resources
Baytown First Baby of 1985 Labeled in Front Page Photo
Lisa Lynn Cook, Baytown's first baby of 1985, is pictured with her mother Mrs Harold Cook Jr on the front page. The report recalls local year milestones from 1945 to 1965 and notes a fatal crash near Spencer Highway that damaged La Porte Airport hangar and planes.
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Baytown
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Betty Jean Crawford
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Today in History highlights and notable events
On January 4, 1885, Dr William W Grant of Davenport Iowa performed an early appendectomy on 22 year old Mary Gartside. Other dated notes include Isaac Newton born 1642 in England Louis Braille born 1809 France Elizabeth Ann Seton died 1821 Utah statehood 1896 Burma independence 1885 Seoul captured 1951 Camus death 1960 Eliot death 1965 Johnson Great Society goals Ford CIA inquiry commission ten years ago.
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France
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Burma
Seoul
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T.S. Eliot
London
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gerald R. Ford
Central Intelligence Agency
Bible Verse Behold the Father’s Love for His Sons
A biblical verse proclaims the depth of divine love that elevates believers to be called children of God. The text emphasizes humanity's privileged status through God's gracious adoption and perpetual relationship with the faithful.
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