Congress pay raise blocks vote as $321000 loots two years
The column accuses Wright Foley and Coelho of blocking a House vote on a 50 percent pay raise for four weeks to gain $321,000 over two years with Wright taking $120,000 and Gingrich benefiting $90,000. It denounces Reagan era spending and predicts a broad salary rise across federal service, urging voters to demand a record vote.
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Newt Gingrich
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Newt
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Reagan
Washington
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Yale
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America
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Country Club
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Scowcroft Commission
Greenspan
House
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Hirohito's legacy: a peace driven empire at war's end
A retrospective on Emperor Hirohito's 62 year rule from peaceful postwar reforms to wartime policy. It highlights his pivotal 1945 decisions to end the war, his 1946 bid to repudiate divine myths, and MacArthur's praise, framing his role in Japan's path to democracy.
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Hirohito
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
MacArthur
Tokyo
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Showa
The Weighty Question Before Roe Review
The Supreme Court faces review of Missouri abortion limits once held unconstitutional by the 8th Circuit. A ruling could uphold Roe v Wade or overturn it, reshaping abortion policy nationwide and affecting privacy decisions since 1965. Justice Kennedy's role looms as a decisive, potentially nation dividing factor.
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Missouri
8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Anthony M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sacramento
Calif
Random thoughts from a Telegraph newsroom
A collection of musings on breakfast times, age shifts since 1980, worm vending machines, Velcro shoes, grocery trips with overloaded arms, and reflections on inventions. The piece recalls inaugurations, self service gas pumps, and the nostalgia of pioneers, amid humorous observations and personal anecdotes.
Illinois counties receive federal disaster relief funds for snow removal
In a retrospective column, Dixon recalls that Lee and Ogle counties were among 22 northern Illinois counties awarded federal disaster relief for snow removal. The piece notes two thirds of the needed funds are available to communities low on funds, aimed at clearing blizzard remnants.
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Ogle
Illinois
Sukarno
U.S
Blood Bank
Raymond Worsley
Dixon Post No. 12
American Legion
Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital
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