Prison without walls seems to work for rehabilitation
The Maine State Prison operates a farm based unit in South Warren placing 70 inmates on a work release and training program. Seventeen inmates are on work release, 25 study auto mechanics cooking and building maintenance, and others work in garages and on construction crews. Inmates pay room and board and only three have failed to return from furloughs, suggesting potential as a model for other states if post release outcomes improve.
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Maine
South
Warren
Virginia's Viewpoint Kids Prove America's Soul
Virginia Payette celebrates a high school production of The King and I as evidence that American life isn’t collapsing. The piece highlights 15 year old Cynthia Parker’s standout Anna, family turnout, and community pride, suggesting youth theatre can lift spirits and reinforce shared values.
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Virginia Payetee
America
Rogers and Hamerstein
New York Philharmonic
Broadway
Cynthia Parker
Gertrude Lawrence
Anna
Eaily
Three Minutes A Day by Richard Armstrong
This piece extols beneficial bacteria and their roles in digestion, food production, and environmental cycles while noting the vast unknowns in science. It emphasizes positive forces in God’s world and urges righteousness and gratitude for each person’s contribution to life.
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Richard Armstrong
Fragmented musing on executive privilege and marriage dynamics
The text blends political language with domestic strain as it cites executive privilege and congressional clashes. It compares marital talks to political power and hints at tensions between lawmakers and the executive branch without clear events or individuals.
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Supreme Court
Alli
Watergate plans tied to Mitchell Dean Liddy Magruder memo
James McCord testifies before the Senate that a February 1972 meeting in Attorney General John Mitchell's office involved John Dean Jeb Magruder Gordon Liddy and Mitchell discussing bugging ideas. McCord notes funding and charts for the operation, with later approval by Dean and removal of records to avoid traceability.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
James McCord
Democratic National Committee
John Mitchell
Justice Department
Mitchell
White House
John Dean
Nixon
Gordon Liddy
Jeb Magruder
McCord
Senate
Liddy
Department of Justice
Dean
A-G’s
Attorney General's
A Am
Pentagon
Ogden Reid
D-N.y
Federal Aviation Administration
Texas
Clint Murchison
Tom Webb
Genral Richard Kleindienst
Murchison
Kleindienst
Knauer Advice Satirized Over Meat Price Boycott
The columnist mocks consumer affairs consultant Mrs. Virginia Knauer for suggesting cheaper meats like brains and kidneys during a meat price boycott. He contrasts affluent reality with global hunger and warns against government inaction and policy hints that replace real solutions with substitutions.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Virginia Knauer
Plenty
Land of
Opportunity
Mrs. Knauer
Mea
White House
Wallace's political fate tested by Alabama legislature
Washington observers say Governor George Wallace faces his first real test as Alabama lawmakers convene. Without a clear program and amid a hostile assembly, Wallace must command or risk losing control as he copes with paralysis and seeks a 1976 bid.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Gov
George Wallace
Alabama
Meney Bama
Montgomery
Wallace
Texas
Michigan union dues bill threatens teachers' academic freedom
Russell Kirk argues that a Michigan House bill requiring all public school teachers to pay union dues, under threat of dismissal, would violate academic freedom and public interest. He warns NEA and AFT influence could spread nationwide, urging the Senate to resist pressure from education interest groups.
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Ly Russell Kirk
Michigan
National Education Assn
American Federation of Teachers
Supreme Court
Novestholees
Thomas Cavanaugh
NEA
AFT
MEA
Public Employees
Blic
House of Representatives
Senate
Michigan House
MFT
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Alta W. Foster B. &. C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Llms Street
Seston
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al AP
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Ged Ave
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