Pension Puzzles in Congress Raise Taxpayer Concerns
A Telegram opinion piece questions Congressional pension rules and survivor benefits arguing the taxpayer bears heavy costs. It cites widow and burial payments, a supplemental insurance payout, and a retiree plan favoring long entitlements, urging scrutiny of South Michigan Rep Martha Griffiths style reforms and broader payroll impact.
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Martha W
Congress
Rep
Griffiths
Congressional
Good News venture folds after 16 months in red
An excerpt covers the Sacramento based Good News newspaper started by BIN Bailey in 1970 to print only uplifting stories. After 16 months it folded with about $75,000 in red, unable to attract enough advertising to stay afloat, while editors argue readers want real facts and a profitable ad supported model.
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bin Bailey
Sacramento
California
Bailey
Good News
United States
Druthers
Gort News
Pablum
Fife
Abe O
Freedom and consumer watchdogs in the US market
An essay argues that independent groups like Consumers Union protect buyers in a free market. It notes Consumer Reports since 1936, praises market freedom, warns against police-state pushback and government controls that could crown price, profit, and advertising restrictions.
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United States
Consumers Union of
Dun's
Consumers Union
Consumer Reports
Dun’s
When You’ve Seen One Wedding You’ve Seen Them All
A narrator recounts a chaotic wedding day for Mary Frechette and Carlos Miramia. Guests include two grandchildren Amy and Chris, with Amy as flower girl and Chris as ring bearer. The ceremony misplaces the church but the reception unfolds under a big tent as the band plays on.
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Fiplee
Mary Frechette
Carlos Miramia
Mary Jones
Carlos
Kelly
Dave Frechette
Dave
Beautician
Amy
Christopher
Our Lady of Lakes Church
Someorie
Mary
Chris
Calcutta
Adele Fredelie
Joe Seiler
U.S
The high rise library and Alabama education progress
A feature praising Jacksonville State University as Alabama's tallest academic building and a symbol of state educational progress. It traces the institution from its 1883 founding as a normal school to a 1960s university, noting ROTC presence, foreign students, and a defense of regional education funding amid national college dissent.
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Jacksonville State University
Alabama
Jacksonville State
Birmingham
New South
Jackonsville State
University Srazis
Ecuador
Israel
Berkeley
University of California
South
Columbia
Yale
West
Middle West
New Institutions Favor Middle Class America Education
Executive View argues newer universities like Jacksonville State University align with mainstream American life and provide stability. It contrasts them with Ivy League schools seen as detached from regional history and values, noting the North South political and cultural tensions and Jacksonville's historic town culture as a fit for a bridging institution.
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Northeast
Jacksonville State University
Ivy League
America
Ial
Lyndon B. Johnson
Midwest
Jacksonville
Fragmented Freedom Message Echoes Declaration Theme
A garbled text fragment references freedom and independence ideals, mentioning the Declaration of Independence and the pursuit of liberty. It suggests a call for self rule and peace while critiquing government control, though the overall content is unclear and partially unintelligible.
Dear Dr Lamb Prunes and water vragen answered
Reader asks how many prunes to eat daily and if dependence matters. Dr Lamb says five or six prunes daily is fine and not a problem. Water guidance is eight glasses daily including all drinks and foods. Fruit juices are good and coffee should be limited. Also explains fibrous or ary bones anemia causes and treatment by hematologists with possible spleen surgery, hormones, transfusions.
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Lawrence Lamb
Dr. Lamb
Jierson
Feasts and Phrases Across a Curious Calendar
A jumble of clues and fragments referencing feast days names, places, titles, and terms across different cultures. Includes hints of religious observances, ranks, countries, and linguistic notes, compacted into a mosaic of calendar related terms and crossword like prompts.
Fulbright urged Congress on Ho Chi Minh and Marxist links
The piece argues Senator Fulbright should study Ho Chi Minh and Marxism, contending Ho’s nationalist veneer hid Communist aims. It cites Roosevelt Churchill wartime talks, the 1945 Indochina collapse, purges of nationalist leaders, and Geneva 1954 to claim a Cold War began with Communists. It urges the Senate to educate Fulbright on Ho Chi Minh’s true nature.
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Congress
State Department
Ho.Chi Mint
U.S
Vietnam
William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Bo Chi Minh
Fulbright
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Ho Chi Minh
Lenin
French Indochina
Phan Moi Chau
Sun Yet Sen
Phan Boi Cheu
Stalin
PJ. Honey
London
Athor
North Vietnam
Lio Chi Minh
Communist
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
Bernard Fall
Giap
Fall
National Assembly
Czechoslovakia
Honey
U.S. Senate
Arkansas
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Mother of St. Down High Priest
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Marina Republic
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Svar Ta Praviou
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Ntererise
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