City Mouse tale revised for modern readers
iGHTER SIDE presents a bedtime tale twist with City Mouse and the country cousin in a city plagued by welfare and cheese shortages. The urban mice seek work and government aid while country cousins refuse to help, ending with an uncertain moral about dependence and survival.
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Irate salesman in Japan faces arrest for threatening calls
TOKYO UPI reports Yoshiyuki Yonei an eight machine tool salesman was arrested in Osaka after being accused of making 4100 threatening telephone calls in a year including 340 in one day to Takashi Nakayama 45 manager of a small firm. Police say the infuriated collector repeatedly warned I will kill you and look out for traffic accidents. Nakayama's wife suffered a nervous breakdown from the calls.
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Washington Window Democrats and division analysis
Arnold Sawislak discusses the Democratic Party's 1960s to 1970s split between old-line regulars and reformers. He notes power shifts from 1968 to 1972 and predicts a 1976 nominee shaped by reformers, aiming for unity and electoral success amid factional balance, with lingering internal tensions. The piece adds a historical note on Howe’s 1775 Boston militia order.
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Venezuelan mudslides threaten hillside shacks in Caracas
Venezuelan slum growth forces risk as mudslides sweep into hillside ranchos. Urban planner Jorge Azpuru warns 935,000 people in Caracas live in shanties, about 40 percent of the population, with even more migrants in ranchos. The precarious settlements sit above flood zones and are increasingly vulnerable during the rainy July to December season.
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Venezuela
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Arpurua
Heritage Arts and Needlepoint Lesson Set at Harmony Homes
Training session for Hoone County Home Extension Club leaders and others will occur at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Harmony Homes. The lesson titled Heritage Arts and Needlepoint will guide participants in designing and making a needlepoint item from canvas.
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Albion
Hoone County
Harmony Homes
Motorman jailed after Mexico City subway crash
Carlos Fernandez Sanchez, the motorman tied to last week’s deadly subway crash that killed 27, was jailed Monday while recovering in hospital. An investigating panel found he disconnected automatic accident prevention equipment that could have halted the train.
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Mexico City
UPI
Calliston
Carlos Fernandez Sanchez
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