Don’t blame sweet foods Dont blame sweet foods
A New England Journal of Medicine study finds sugar and aspartame do not cause hyperactivity or learning problems in children. The trial with 25 young and 23 older sugar sensitive kids tested three diets, showing no consistent adverse behavioral or cognitive effects.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Mark L. Wolraich
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ronald Kleinman
Mass. General Hospital
Kleinman
Texas teachers face $100 million shortfall in book budget
Texas faces a $100 million gap in its two year book budget as 1993-94 funds are exhausted. Seventh graders may share textbooks for a new life sciences course while reading business law and vocational texts remain last year’s editions unless districts pay. TEA suggested lawmakers set a fixed book budget and critics blame the textbook adoption system for rising costs.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Education Commission
Della May Moore
Lionel “Skip” Meno
Meno
Bill Ratliff
Senate Education Committee
Ratliff
Mount Pleasant
Houston Chronicle
Texas Public
GOP
Demos
Ann Richards
Democratic Party
Fort Worth
Texas Republican Party of Texas
Richards
Texas Gop
Texas Eagle Forum
George W. Bush
Joe Cutbirth
Bush
Peebles Proposes Full Contact Golf For U S Open
A columnist on Thursdays A J sports page mockingly suggests adding full contact football elements to the U S Open. He envisions burly linebackers nailing players after tee shots and crowds roaring through silent moments, arguing it would boost excitement and spectator engagement.
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Nick Faldo
A-J
Bud Light
Ball Park
Jose Canseco
Texas Stadium
Michael Irvin
Troy Aikman
Terry County Archaeology By Leon Pope
Archaeology notes urge careful recording of arrowhead sites to preserve heritage. The piece explains how projectile points serve as time markers and reflect cultural shifts, with examples like Folsom points and mammoth extinction. It promotes joining the South Plains Archaeological Society meeting Sundays in Lubbock September through May.
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Tom Kite
Curtis Strange
Corey Pavin
South Plains Archaeological Society
Lubbock
Lubbock Lake Landmark Museum
Letter of appreciation to local police from Jewell Anderson
A reader from Smyer thanks the police for fast action after a family dispute. Jewell Anderson recounts how a niece and granddaughter visited, an item left behind, and the police retrieved the sister-in-law who had not taken essential medicine. The note ends with gratitude to law enforcement.
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Smyer
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Plainview
Pete
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Bob Bullock
Ron Kirk
House
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Gib Lewis
Laney
Bullock
John Anderson
KKK
Texas Supreme Court
Texas Ku Klux Klan
Michael Lowe
Lowe
Knights of the
KKK Grand Dragon
Peebles
By Garry Peebles
Terry County
Leon Pope
Jewell Anderson
First Baptist Church
SonShine
Leigh Ann Sides
Ewe
Shermore
Felt Street
Doug Howard
Jennifer Nettles
Rusty Powell
Tina Ryan
Stan Burns
Valerie Ferman
Jason Churchwell
Shrese Ballard
Trevor Rudd
Jennifer Fogerson
Neal Brown
Christine
Alan Freeman
Tosha
Hester
Steven Bell
Calista Voyles
Tim Powers
Kari Knox
David Morgan
Keely Carroll
Richard Fontenot
Tara Muldrow
Bob Sechler
Shirleen Melcher
Kirk Shafter
Nelson Pharmacy
Tahaka
Ggoney, NC
Earl Jones
Lynn Strickland
West Main
Vision Unlimited Computer Repair
50Th Street
Lubbock, TX
Shorty
Jean
Allen
Dwayne
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