Scrooge and Charity Then and Now in a Dickens Night
Jacquelyn Mitchard reflects on her city theater production of A Christmas Carol and its social critique. She contrasts Victorian poverty with modern welfare debates, warning that ignoring the needy harms society and the soul. Her column invites reader responses.
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Our City Theater
England
London
Fifth Avenue
Marley
Ebenezer
Jacquelyn Mitchard
The
Gazette
Mitchmailbag.com
Rebels Free Guatemala Ambassador as Peru Prisoner Amnesty Looms
Peruvian rebels released Guatemala’s ambassador Jose Maria Argueta from the besieged embassy residence in Lima as Guatemala’s parliament moved toward an amnesty and peace pact. Rebels still hold five foreign ambassadors among 103 hostages. archbishop Cipriani ministered to captives and called the seizure wrong but urged peaceful resolution.
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Lima
Peru
Guatemala
Argueta
Tupac Amaru
Red Cross
Michel Minnig
Juan Luis Cipriani
Cipriani
Ayacucho
AP Photo
Jose Maria Argueta
Slayings in Arlington Complex Spark Fear After Two Deaths
In Arlington, Texas neighbors fear a serial-like pattern after two women, Wendie Prescott and Christine Wu, were found strangled and submerged in tubs in nearby apartments. Prescott’s nude body was found by her uncle after Christmas. Wu’s body was discovered September 17 by her live-in boyfriend. Police see possible links but no entry break-ins or clear suspect. Prescott had taught in Mansfield while Wu taught in Arlington. Authorities note no forced entry in either death.
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Arlington, Texas
Wendie Rochelle Prescott
Peartree
Lisa Carson
Ing
Prescott
Norman Norwood
Tarrant County Medical Examiner
Dallas
Christine Wu
Gazette Promotes Soy Ink and Recycling Drive
The Gazette highlights environmental efforts by printing with soybean ink and using recycled news. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St SW or at the nearest recycling location.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Cedar Gaze Postal Service Notice and Address Listing
A vintage postal and printing snippet references The Gazette Company and Gaily and Sunday at 500 Third Avenue SE, Rapets Iowa, with a note about postage paid and periodical distribution. It lists a general contact number and service notes, indicating old newspaper logistics.
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the Gazette Company
Third Avenue
Lowe
Iowa
Wok Utomine & Dt
U.S
Air Force general punished for inappropriate conduct at Tinker
Brig. Gen. Robert Newell, former AWACS commander, is reduced to colonel and will retire after an Air Force inquiry found two unwanted embraces of a female subordinate and professional dereliction in flight-record duties. Investigators cited privacy laws and declined further details.
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Oklahoma City
Air Force
AWACS
Robert Newell
Joe LaMarca
Air Combat Command
Langley Air Force Base
Ken Ellis
552Nd Air Control Wing
Tinker Air Force Base
Newell
Ellis
LaMarca
Tinker
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