Telegram Opinion Idea on Social Security Reform
The Telegram debates future Social Security viability as fewer workers enter the labor market and reserves dwindle. A proposed plan would bring 20 percent more workers, including some lawmakers, into the system to bolster the tax base, while suggesting a phase-out for those who opt out. The hitch remains government employees not yet enrolled.
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U.S
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Driving Costs Per Mile For Car Types Revealed
A study by the Federal Highway Administration notes that standard size vehicles average 15.9 cents per mile, compact 12.9, and subcompact 11.2 with breakdowns for depreciation, maintenance, gas, parking, and insurance. Gas price and mileage affect the per mile cost, and vehicle longevity depends on terrain and usage.
Disarm and Loot: A Gun Ban Threat to Property Rights
The text argues that registering and confiscating firearms is not an attack on a group but part of a socialist effort to undermine individual property rights. It warns that banning guns would foster a black market and unjustly criminalize millions for mere ownership. It questions what constitutes crime when property rights are disrespected.
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First Register
Talent Night at Little White Church Draws Wide Attendance
The Little White Church on the Hill near Palestine Baptist Church in Platte County held Talent Night on Oct. 20. Worshippers from Methodist Catholic Lutheran Nazareth and Baptist communities filled every space, with people standing by doors and in the basement. Children and seniors joined in songs and praise as crowds overflowed the rural gathering.
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Palestine Baptist Church
Platte County
The Telegram Reader Reflects on News Worthiness
A cural St. Edward writer reflects on award pride and the purpose of journalism. The piece stresses writing for the reader and notes a simple local scene of a child asleep under a chair as more fitting for their paper than grandiose coverage.
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St. Edward
New York Times
Columbus Telegram
Topless freedom prompt cites First Amendment text
The passage references the First Amendment to the U S Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights proposed by the founders in 1789. It prompts a question about the amendment and its ratification process.
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U.S
Cur
Quote on presidents and distrust of the Senate
A fragmentary political quote from November 2, 1929, cites multiple U.S. presidents from Washington to Hoover, claiming growing Senate distrust and critiquing their treatment of Congress, with phrases about impeachment, punishment, and political missteps.
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Senate
Washington
Jefferson
Andy Jackson
Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Wilson
Coolidge
Hoover
High Court Upholds Nude Dancing Rights in Hempstead
The U S Court of Appeals 2 to 1 upholds a lower ruling allowing topless dancing in Hempstead New York amid protests by local authorities who sought to prosecute owners. The decision frames freedom of expression with limits to protect community moral standards.
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Congress
Nd U. 8
Circuit Court of Appeals
Hempstead
N.Y
Columbus Telegram promotes peace and civic unity in 1974 issue
The Columbus Telegram issue highlights civic messaging about freedom and unity with a chorus urging readers to support peaceful initiatives. It frames community engagement as essential and promotes constructive public action aligned with national themes of peace and cooperation.
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Tna Womprogs
Shaw
Elver
Gobel Howell
Capebvnnies
Gouk
Yuna
Nevada Across Puzzle Clues Mixed With Names and Terms
A cryptic style puzzle entry lists numerous scattered clues and partial word fragments across across and down directions. The readable portions hint at topics from geography to titles, with references to places, people, and generic terms, but many items are garbled or incomplete.
Dear Dr Lamb on Constipation and Menopause Pockets
A reader seeks medical guidance from Dr Lamb on constipation tied to diverticula pockets and diet. The exchange covers fiber bulk, laxatives, enemas, and risk with Doxidan, plus advice on bowel training and booklet resources. It also addresses questions about menopause symptoms versus other causes in older women.
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Lawrence E. Lamb
M.D
DR. Lamb
Dockor
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Deak Dit
Lamb — Cana
Dear Reader
Textbook Struggle in Kanawha County WV Sets Off Debate
In Kanawha County West Virginia battles over textbook content erupt amid protests and violence. Parents object to materials deemed irreligious or obscene sparking school disruptions and even firebombings. The piece weighs curriculum governance versus parental control and contrasts demonstrable knowledge with cultural material.
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Kanawha County
West Virginia
Piblic
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
George Jackson
Piino
H. J. Menckens
William Jennings Bryan
Darwin
Culture battles over poems and modern schooling values
The piece argues communities should resist perceived impositions of modernist culture in schools, citing West Virginia and Boston as unfolding conflicts. It frames these disputes as fights between modernizers pushing secular, uniform education and traditionalists defending local values, with broader implications for governance and world view.
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Ferlinghetti
Shakespeare
West Virginia
Hou
Pudlcle
Boston
Somme
Separating the chaff Separating the chaff
Washington officials call for more police and equipment as a census study of 140000 inmates shows high dropout rates, unemployment, and weak social attachments. The piece argues crime roots lie in education and economic factors, not a separate criminal class.
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Washington
Prison Reform Questions and Experimental Programs
The piece questions why many offenders are sick or impaired and examines work release and weekend sentencing pilots. It cites 42 percent of jails experimenting with work release, eight percent of those sentenced, and about 900 inmates in such programs nationwide. It notes Chief Justice Warren Burger's call for broader prison changes and a government view that some men cannot be changed.
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Warren Burger
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