Editorial on guns and private arsenals a local incident
An editorial argues firearms are pervasive in the United States with 50 to 200 million guns. It cites a Chester luncheonette attack where an automatic rifle fired twice, wounding a person while a brother and later another man with a shotgun caused window damage. The piece urges readers to contact congress for sensible gun control.
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United States
Sweek
Chester
Attark
Sthich
Azore
Jolice
Nan
Gerves
Their Daily Bread and the School Lunch Dilemma
A study by the Committee on School Lunch Participation argues the National School Lunch Program fails many pupils. It cites inadequate funding and arbitrary school rules that deny free or reduced lunches, harming low income and minority students.
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Washington
Committee On
Field Foundation
Radical revision urged for school lunch program
Critics argue surplus commodities poorly feed hungry children and waste resources. They call for a fundamental attitude change and replacement of commodities with cash, noting many old urban schools lack proper kitchens and would still face gaps without major reform.
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Department of Agriculture
Hunger Shame in the School Lunch Program
The New York Times reports on the Committee on Lunch Participation detailing widespread poverty in school lunch access. It cites that fewer than two million children, about 4 percent of public school enrollment, receive free or reduced price lunches and calls for universal free lunches and stronger federal oversight.
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Leading. Civic and
Religious Women’s .Organizations
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New York Times
Chester board faces criticism over stricter meeting rules
The Chester school board adopted a stricter choker like policy restricting public comment to a single speaker and writing in advance. Critics argue these rules curb parent and taxpayer participation, conflicting with Superintendent Vaul’s call to strengthen home school communication.
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Chester School Board
Raymond Rebel
Chester
Sam
John J. Vaul
Chester Board
Are There Little Green Men Out There
Richard Spong reviews rumors of alien signals from pulsars and the possibility of intelligent life. Scientists like Hewish Drake and Gold debate pulsars as natural neutron stars. others question contact prospects as space chatter grows noisier.
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Cambridge University
Vega
Altair
L.G.M
Little Green Men
Thomas Gold
Cornell
Center For Research
Puerto Rican Observatory
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