Telegram Ming People Editor Publisher 1906
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Rationing Czar Berwick Appointed to Medicare Chief
Northwest Florida Daily News notes Don Berwick MD has been named by President Obama as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a recess appointment. Berwick advocates NHS style redistribution, drawing mixed reactions from critics like Grace-Marie Turner. The Norman Transcript adds BP CEO Bob Dudley to steer Gulf cleanup as BP faces $32 billion set aside for claims and a 36 percent drop in value after the spill.
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Florida Daily News
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Don Berwick
Barack Obama
Centers For Medicare
Senate
Berwick
Congress
Great Britain
National Health Service
Britain
Grace-Marie Turner
Galen Institute
Freedom Communications
Norman
Okla
Bob Dudley
BP PLC
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Tony Hayward
Dudley
Oil on water and wildfires mix with public fear in regional crises
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser cites difficulty spotting surface oil after Thad Allen notes Gulf oil becomes rarer. nearby, a northern Los Angeles County wildfire rages with smoke and helicopters overhead as diner co owner Jamie Karschamroon describes the scene. Alfredo Salas recounts a traffic stop highlighting immigration concerns amid tensions.
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Plaquemines Parish
Billy Nungesser
Coast Guard
Adm
Thad Allen
Gulf of Mexico
Jamie Karschamroon
Crazy Otto
Leona Valley
Los Angeles County
Telegram accepts signed letters to editor policy
The Telegram invites letters to the editor requiring sender name and address and phone number. All must be signed and will be confirmed before publication. Letters are subject to editing for libel and length with a 500 word limit. Thank you letters should be general. form letters, poems, consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed.
Serene challenges limits on religion and press rights
The fragment cites a constitutional creed about prohibiting establishment of religion and protecting free exercise, speech, press, assembly, and petition. It underscores core rights and appeals to government redress.
Libraries and Freedom From Ben Franklin to Today
A reflection on libraries as engines of democracy and knowledge spanning Franklin to modern times. It highlights access regardless of income, anonymity for patrons, and librarians defending information flow post 9 11, urging readers to thank librarians and support public libraries.
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Ben Franklin
Franklin
America
Iran
Philadelphia
Google
Honor Flight network aids WWII veterans with donations
Community supporters describe the Honor Flight program based in Great Bend that funds trips to Washington DC for veterans at no cost. Donors enable veterans including those serving in Iraq to visit memorials, with future trips planned and calls for continued contributions to sustain the effort.
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Washington, D.C
Great Bend
Iraq
SWES
Michael S. Waters
Finney County
Junk food diet and junk news critique
A satirical take compares a microwave cheeseburger in a bag to cable news, arguing both are engineered to entice and scare. It cites USC and Queens study findings on Al Jazeera English viewers becoming less dogmatic, and criticizes perpetual news cycles for fostering misinformation and fear, promoting PBS or NPR as calmer alternatives.
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CNN
Somalia
BBC
PBS
NPR
Shawn Powers
USC
Mohammed el-Nawawy
Queens University
Al-Jazeera English
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