Senate push on college aid faces clash over tax credit
The Senate passed two related college aid proposals on successive days. One plan provides an income tax credit up to 500 per student for tuition, critics say it chiefly benefits higher income families. The other expands federal aid to middle income students up to 25 000 yearly, with broader grants and looser loan guarantees. Senators Clark and Culver supported the latter and opposed the tax credit.
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Taxpayer Burden in Public and Private Education Debate
Gazette editorial argues taxpayers should support a single public school system open to all through high school while allowing families to choose non public options at their own expense. It notes college funding relies on public funds plus tuition paid by students and warns church state separation criteria apply to public funds but not to the college system.
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Carter’s Farm Speech Overlooks Corn Surplus Concerns
The Aug. 14 address in Columbia, Missouri, drew Iowa farmers who traveled from the corn belt and found little emphasis on corn prices or the record crop. The piece notes the president did reference a grain reserve but avoided detailing policy on the corn surplus, leaving midwestern leaders hoping for a forward plan before harvest.
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Coleman II challenges desegregation myths in new paper
Washington Star Syndicate reports Professor James S. Coleman recants the Coleman Report claims on school integration. He argues most segregation stems from housing patterns, that integration does not reliably boost disadvantaged black students, and that busing often caused white flight. He advocates voluntary school choice and vouchers with state support to improve desegregation policy.
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Eat, Drink and Die: Almanac of Dietary Dooms
The text warns against common foods and drinks with strong health cautions. It advises avoiding pork, hamburgers, white bread, unboiled water, juices, eggs, cereals, milk, and sugar while condemning coffee and smoking. It ends with a contrasting note about decaffeinated coffee and a fragment about cock-
To the editor roaches and bugs offer cheap protein
The writer argues that roaches ants beetles and butterflies provide rich protein at low cost as a food source and claims consuming insects could reduce reliance on insecticides and even depopulate the world without birth control.
POW and MIA Families Call for Action
The speaker reminds readers that about 1200 U.S. families live in agony over missing or captured loved ones. They urge public involvement to end war and secure return or accounting for POWs and MIAs, stressing lasting peace depends on these efforts.
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Elvis Remembered On The Anniversary Of His Death
Readers criticize the Gazette for omitting Elvis Presley in the issue marking the first anniversary of his death. An editor notes the Memphis police strike mention on page 3A as the only memorial context.
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Preposition Pitfalls in Everyday English Usage
Theodore M. Bernstein discusses errors in preposition choice such as self addressed envelope and baby sitter phrases. He notes idiom governs proper use and cites examples from reporters and public pension phrases, highlighting the lack of reliable rules.
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Hawks on Hill ignore high arms race stakes
Norman Cousins argues Congress should pursue real security through peace and SALT talks rather than pursuing military superiority. He cautions that nuclear age logic makes victory meaningless and warns the arms race risks catastrophe and financial ruin.
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